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Comparison of Clay with Flints from Silbury Hill and Local Neolithic Pottery Fabrics |
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Historic England Research Reports
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The excavations at Silbury Hill in 2007-2008 raised questions concerning the truncated nature of the old ground surface (Canti, 2011), leading to a consideration of whether clay had been removed to make ceramics. This study investigates whether or not the Silbury Hill clay-with-flints was a potential raw material for Neolithic ceramic manufacture, by comparing modern clay-with-flints and thin-sectioned examples of suitable local pottery. The results demonstrate that some coarse flint-containing fabrics were manufactured from naturally gritty clays. Although a direct link cannot be made between the Silbury clay and local ceramic examples, it could, nevertheless, have been a viable material for pottery manufacture. |
Author: |
M Canti
H White
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Publisher: |
Historic England
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Wiltshire and Swindon HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2011
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Silbury Hill |
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Wiltshire |
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Clackmannanshire |
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AVEBURY |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 410010, 168530 (Easting, Northing)
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englishh2-119209 |
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122/2011 |
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A4 heat-bound report of 5pp (ISSN 1749 8775)
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05 Apr 2018 |