Vessel / sherd

Description

Sherds comprising half of the lower part of a tub-shaped vessel with a complete profile and decoration of a thin applied strip, Neolithic, excavated from a chambered cairn at Quanterness, Orkney

Museum reference

X.2004.1.3

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Vessel / sherd

Date

Neolithic

Physical description

The ware is dark grey-black, fairly hard, tempered with angular grits; the thick slip outside tends to flake off

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