A NOTE ON THE PETROLOGY OF SOME IRON AGE POTTERY FROM THE 1985 EXCAVATIONS AT ILCHESTER, SOMERSET.
Author(s): D F Williams
A small selection of Iron Age pottery was examined in thin section to confirm the validity of a provisional fabric identification in the hand-specimen. On the basis of the range of non-plastic inclusions present in the sherds a number of fabric divisions were made : (1) 'Glastonbury ware', Peacock's (1969) Group 2 (sandstone) from the Mendip Hills, (2) Oolitic, (3) Calcite, (4) Shelly Limestone, and (5) Sandy. Apartfrom Fabric 1, the remainder of the pottery may well have been made fairlyy locally, although calcite tempered pottery was also probably made in the Mendip Hills.
- Report Number:
- 88/1988
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 5
- Keywords:
- Ceramic Petrology Pottery
