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VESSEL

Unique ID: SOMDOR-F6BD03

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Ten sherds of hand-made pottery of Middle Bronze Age date. Nine of the sherds are undiagnostic body sherds and the remaining one is a very abraded rim. Less that 5% of the rim has survived, making it very difficult to decipher its form and diameter, but it does appear to be slightly globular in shape. The colour of the sherds vary, but generally they have oxidised orangey brown exteriors and reduced grey/brown interiors. The clay matrix contains a moderate to common (25-30%) amount of very well-sorted sub-rounded quartz grains measuring less than 0.25mm. There are also rare amounts of sub-rounded and well-sorted red and black iron oxides measuring less than 0.5mm. The fabric has been coarsely tempered with a moderate (15%) amount of well-sorted sub-angular calcined flints measuring between 1-7mm. One of the sherds also contains one piece of unburnt flint. Weight: 27g

Notes:

This fabric is indicative of Middle Bronze Age potting recipes and traditions generally associated with the Dorset and Wessex regions. This ceramic phase is commonly known as the Deverel-Rimbury tradition and the pottery is dominated by flint, which is generally burnt and has an evenly distributed and selective size range, suggesting it was sieved before being added (Cleal 1995, p. 191). There are three main types of Deverel-Rimbury vessel: the bucket urn, the barrel urn and the globular urn. Decoration, where is appears, is usually very simple and quite restricted. Most of these sherds were probably from the coarser bucket or barrel urns with the exception of the rim sherd which might be representative of a finer globular urn.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 1150 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 10
Weight: 27 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th May 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Secondary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Compton Abbas (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST8718
Four figure Latitude: 50.961275
Four figure longitude: -2.186479
1:25K map: ST8718
1:10K map: ST81NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Cleal, R.M.J.	1995	Pottery Fabrics in Wessex in the 4th-2nd Millennia BC	Oxford	Oxbow (Monograph 55)	191

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Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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