VESSEL

A bodysherd of a handmade ceramic vessel. The sherd is 11.30mm thick and weighs 11.0g. The sherd probably dates from the Middle Iron Age to the Early Roman Period(-500 BC to 200 AD). Like most other types of pottery, prehistoric pottery is dated using fabric type, form types, decoration and rim shapes. As little prehistoric pottery has been published from the Warwickshire area, the dating of this material is broad, relying on material published from surrounding areas such as the Cotswolds. The fabric is similar to that published as MAL B (Palaeozoic limestone tempered type) in McSloy 2006, p 39, dated to the Middle Iron Age to the Early Roman Period (-500 BC to 200 AD). Sherd specific details: Fabric type: Malvernian type limestone inclusions. Sherd type: bodysherd Wall thickness: 11.30mm Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior Hardness: hard Feel/texture: rough, slightly soapy Condition of sherds: slightly abraded Sherd/fragment not photographed. Reference: Coleman, L., Hancocks, A., and Watts, M. 2006 Excavations on the Wormington to Tirley Pipeline, 2000. Four sites by the Carrant Brook and River Isbourne, Gloucestershire and Worchestershire. Cotswold Archaeology Monograph No. 3. Cirencester McSloy, E.R. 2006 The Pottery pp37-57 in Coleman, Hancocks and Watts 2006