Tag Archives: Pottery Sherd

B008 – Bell Beaker Culture Pottery Sherd (British Find)

Description The Bell Beaker culture (or, in short, Beaker culture) is an archaeological culture named after the inverted-bell beaker drinking vessel used at the very beginning of the European Bronze Age. Arising from around 2800 BC, it lasted in Britain until as late as 1800 BC but in continental Europe only until 2300 BC, when it was succeeded by the Unetice culture. The culture was widely …

B007 – Bell Beaker Pottery Sherd (British Find)

Description The Bell Beaker culture (or, in short, Beaker culture) is an archaeological culture named after the inverted-bell beaker drinking vessel used at the very beginning of the European Bronze Age. Arising from around 2800 BC, it lasted in Britain until as late as 1800 BC but in continental Europe only until 2300 BC, when it was succeeded by the Unetice culture. The culture was widely …

B006 – Bell Beaker Culture Pottery Sherd (British Find)

Description The Bell Beaker culture (or, in short, Beaker culture) is an archaeological culture named after the inverted-bell beaker drinking vessel used at the very beginning of the European Bronze Age. Arising from around 2800 BC, it lasted in Britain until as late as 1800 BC but in continental Europe only until 2300 BC, when it was succeeded by the Unetice culture. The culture was widely …

R002 – BLACK-BURNISHED Ware 2 Pottery Sherd

A Fragment of Roman Pottery Sherd found at the documented Huntspill locality in 1973 (Shepton Mallet) Black Burnished ware is a coarse-textured hand formed black sandy ware with burnished (polished by rubbing) surfaces. Typically the ware consisted of everted-rim (turned outwards) jars, plain dishes, flat-rimmed or flanged bowls decorated externally with zones of burnished lattice …