File:Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age, Ceramic Vessel (FindID 280514).jpg

English: Two bodysherds/fragments of a handmade ceramic vessel.

One sherd is 11.41mm thick and weighs 8.1g. The other sherd is 9.22mm thick and weighs 5.2g. It demonstrates two incised lines as decoration, in a v-shape. (photographed)

The sherd probably dates to the Middle to Late Iron Age period (c.-500 BC to c.100 AD). Like most other types of pottery, prehistoric pottery is dated using fabric type, form types, decoration and rim shapes. With the decoration, this sherd could date from the Early Iron (c. -800 BC) if not earlier. As little prehistoric pottery has been published from the Warwickshire area, the dating of this material is broad, relying on material published from surrounding areas such as the Cotswolds. The fabric is similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD).

Sherd specific details:

Fabric type: frequent fossil shell type Vessel type: body sherd Wall thickness: 11.41mm Firing condition: unoxidised Hardness: soft Feel/Texture: rough Condition of sherds: slightly abraded Sherd/fragment not photographed.

Fabric type: frequent fossil shell type Vessel type: body sherd Wall thickness: 9.22mm Firing condition: unoxidised Hardness: medium Feel/Texture: rough Decoration: two incised lines in a v-shape Condition of sherds: slightly abraded Sherd/fragment photographed.

Reference: Coleman, L., Hancocks, A., and Watts, M. 2006 Excavations on the Wormington to Tirley Pipeline, 2000. Four sites by the Carrant Brook and River Isbourne, Gloucestershire and Worchestershire. Cotswold Archaeology Monograph No. 3. Cirencester

McSloy, E.R. 2006 The Pottery pp37-57 in Coleman, Hancocks and Watts 2006