Accession No
1912.282
Description
Beaker of coarse brown fabric with flat base, rounded body and everted rim. Decorated over whole exterior with indented slanted lines, possibly fingernail impressions. Burnished.
Place
Europe; Northern Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath
Period
Bronze Age
Source
Gathercole [?collector]; Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1912.282
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
100mm x 131mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Ceramic; Pottery Beaker.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. pl. I no. 3.
Event Date 1923
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Thomas, Stanley. (1965). Pre-Roman Britain. Studio Vista: London. fig. 91.
Event Date 1965
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
(Bib): Sheila Kohring (2011) Social Complexity as a Multi-Scalar Concept: Pottery Technologies, Communities of Practice and the Bell Beaker Phenomenon, Norwegian Archaeological Review, 44:2, 145-163, Fig. 2.
Event Date 2011
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
A small barreled shaped urn with a slight everted rim. Pattern made with coil or wheeled implement. Extensively repaired though the date of this conservation is unknown.
Event Date 6/6/2013
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Beaker of coarse brown fabric with flat base, rounded body and everted rim. Decorated over whole exterior with indented slanted lines, possibly fingernail impressions. Burnished.
Event Date 4/9/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe
FM:20247
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