A NOTE ON THE PETROLOGY OF MIDDLE TO LATE BRONZE AGE POTTERY RECOVERED FROM THE 1987 EXCAVATIONS AT TRETHELLAN FARM, NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
Author(s): D F Williams
Thin sectioning of a small group of representative late Bronze Age sherds showed that they could be divided into two fabric groups: (i) where the clay used for the pottery was gabbroic clay from the Lizard, and (ii) where small fragments of greenstone were also included in the gabbroic Lizard clay. This 'admixture' of Gabbroic clay has been noted before in certain Bronze Age pottery. The most likely explanation for this is that the gabbroic clay was taken a short distance from its source before being made into pots.
- Report Number:
- 30/1989
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 5
- Keywords:
- Ceramic Petrology Pottery
