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VESSEL
Unique ID: CORN-75CAC2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pottery body sherd that appears to be a section through the pot with a moulded ovoid lug on the exterior with a finger tip impression below it which may not have been deliberate. This thick sherd is made of granitic admixture clay, so the fabric has inclusions of granite and mica and additional inclusions such as quartz not natural to the clay to make it an admixture. The sherd is mid-brown on the exterior and interior of the sherd with dark brown patches. This type of granitic admixture fabric is seen in Bronze Age vessels, dating from c.2100-1150 BC, and this sort of lug provides a link with the Trevisker Ware tradition (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming).
Nowakowski (1991) illustrates examples of rectangular and ovoid lugs on Trevisker Ware vessels from Trethellan, Newquay on page 117, Fig.48, Nos.46 & 48, which are dated from c.1500-1200 BC.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1800 BC
Date to: Circa 1200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight: 10.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 28th March 2008 - Friday 28th March 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 529D.11
Museum accession number: 2011.23
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Paul (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW4526
Four figure Latitude: 50.079285
Four figure longitude: -5.565627
1:25K map: SW4526
1:10K map: SW46NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nowakowski, J. | 1991 | Trethellan Farm, Newquay: The excavation of a lowland Bronze Age settlement and Iron Age cemetery | Redruth | Cornwall Lithographic Printers Ltd. | 117, Fig.48, | Nos.46 & 48 |
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