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VESSEL

Unique ID: BERK-537F35

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Handmade vessel sherd from a small jar.The fabric has a buff orange-red surface with a dark grey core. There are fine sandy & micaceous inclusions. Dated to the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age: c.1150-300 BC. Identification by Paul Booth of Oxford Archaeology.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 300 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 74.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th September 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: No. 1a

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: East Hendred (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU4589
Four figure Latitude: 51.598054
Four figure longitude: -1.35172
1:25K map: SU4589
1:10K map: SU48NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Weekend Wanderers Rally at East Hendred 30/09/07
Current location: Returned to Finder
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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