Accession No
1948.2241 C
Description
Base sherd from a coarse ware cooking pot. Gritted with pounded flint and possibly shell. Flat base with sloping sides. The interior is black and the exterior a mottled grey.
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 C
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)
Base sherd from a coarse ware cooking pot. Gritted with pounded flint and possibly shell. Flat base with sloping sides. The interior is black and the exterior a mottled grey.
Event Date 22/6/2022
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:13481
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