Pottery / sherd

Description

Pottery sherds comprising half of the lower part of a tub-shaped vessel, Neolithic, excavated from a chambered cairn at Quanterness, Orkney

Museum reference

X.2004.1.1

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Pottery / sherd

Date

Neolithic

Materials

Ceramic

Collection place(s)

Quanterness, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Excavator: Renfrew, Colin, Professor, 1972 - 1977 (fl.)

References

Renfrew, A.C., Investigations in Orkney, Society of Antiquaries of London, Research and Report No. 38. London: 1979.

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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