Fulford, M. G. and Timby, J. (2001). Timing devices, fermentation vessels, `ritual' piercings?. Britannia 32. Vol 32, pp. 293-297.

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Title:		 Timing devices, fermentation vessels, `ritual' piercings?
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Subtitle:		 A consideration of deliberately `holed' pots from Silchester and elsewhere
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Issue:		 Britannia 32
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Series:		 Britannia
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Volume:		 32
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Page Start/End:		 293 - 297
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Publication Type:		 Journal
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Abstract:		 In the course of re-cataloguing the coarse pottery in the Silchester Collection of Reading Museum more than seventy vessels ranging in date from the late-first century BC to the fourth century AD were identified where the belly had been deliberately pierced. Although, as with further pierced vessels from the continuing excavation at Silchester, the majority were found deliberately placed in pits and wells alongside completely intact pottery vessels, the explanation for the piercing is not confined to a ritual practice and alternative interpretations are discussed. More examples have also been identified from cremation cemeteries in London and Ospringe, Kent.
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Author:		 Michael G Fulford
Jane Timby
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Year of Publication:		 2001
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Subjects / Periods:
Late Iron Age (BIAB)
Ritual (BIAB)
Cremations [By Period] (BIAB)
Pottery [Dated] (BIAB)
Cemeteries [By Period] (BIAB)
Roman (BIAB)
Cremation Cemeteries (Auto Detected Subject)
SHERD (Object England)
Pottery Vessels (Auto Detected Subject)
PIT (Monument Type England)
Latefirst Century Bc To The Fourth Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Wells (Auto Detected Subject)
Vessels (Auto Detected Subject)
Vessels Ritual Piercings (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date:		 19 Jul 2002