tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775362943715690580.post1914368305565329615..comments2023-02-26T03:58:14.312-08:00Comments on Back Garden Archaeology: One Iron Age SherdWiltonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08506250339734846981noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775362943715690580.post-77238734785424073802007-05-20T04:20:00.000-07:002007-05-20T04:20:00.000-07:00The sherd illustrated looks like calcite gritted w...The sherd illustrated looks like calcite gritted ware<BR/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbmphil/462700816/<BR/><BR/>(Tomber and Dore 1998 Hun CG)<BR/>which is used for jars in the Iron age, and through the roman period, where it becomes increasingly common in the late Roman period (in an apparent de-Romanising movement) where its most popular forms are Huntcliff type jars and wide mouth jars. Interesting the Saxon pottery of the region tends to be quartz, mica or feldspar – so a tradition of pottery sourcing for over a thousand years comes to a halt.<BR/>http://www.potsherd.uklinux.net/atlas/nrfrc/index.php?order=nrfrcTilemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137159498893393656noreply@blogger.com