Accession No
1948.2241 A
Description
Large thick sherd of very coarse ware from the base of cooking pot. Heavily gritted with pounded flint and possibly shell. The interior is pink, the exterior is burnt.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Hadstock Road
Period
Early Iron Age
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.2241 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Early Iron Age site. Excavated by Thomas C. Lethbridge and Geoffrey H.S. Bushnell in August 1948.
Event Date 8/1948
Author: Louise Puckett
Context (References)
Fell, C. I. (1953). 'An Early Iron Age Settlement at Linton, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 46. pp. 31-42
Event Date 1953
Author: Louise Puckett
Description (Physical description)
Description of 1948.2241 A-D: 'Sherds of very coarse base of cooking pot. Heavily gritted with pounded flint and possibly shell too.'
Event Date 18/2/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Large thick sherd of very coarse ware from the base of cooking pot. Heavily gritted with pounded flint and possibly shell. The interior is pink, the exterior is burnt.
Event Date 22/6/2022
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:13479
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