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A NOTE ON THE PETROLOGY OF SOME PREHISTORIC CERAMIC MATERIAL FROM IRBY, WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE |
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Historic England Research Reports
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Thin sectioning was undertaken on a representative selection of late Prehistoric pottery and fired clay from the 1987-96 excavations at Irby. The majority of the sectioned pottery contained angular igneous inclusions which may well represent added crushed temper. The range of igneous rocks can be paralleled in the local glacial erratics and from the catalogue of 'rubbing stones' Thin sectioning was undertaken on a representative selection of late Prehistoric pottery and fired clay from the 1987-96 excavations at Irby. The majority of the sectioned pottery contained angular igneous inclusions which may well represent added crushed temper. The range of igneous rocks can be paralleled in the local glacial erratics and from the catalogue of |
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D. F. Williams
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English Heritage
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Year of Publication: |
1998
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Merseyside |
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Wirral |
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Wirral, unparished area |
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England |
Grid Reference: 325289, 385199 (Easting, Northing)
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englishh2-371158 |
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47/1998 |
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This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
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23 May 2022 |