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This ceramic pot was found in a cist under a cairn at Methlick in Aberdeenshire. It was placed within a grave, probably containing an offering of food or drink, sometime between 2200 and 1650 BC.

The pot has bands of decoration all over its exterior space.

From around 2500 BC, individual burial, usually in a cist, a rectangular stone box-shaped grave, became popular over much of Scotland. In most cases, the only item to be buried with the dead was a pot containing an offering of food or drink.

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• Online ID: 000-100-102-427-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EE 1
• Date: 2200 - 1650 BC
  Between 2200 and 1650 BC
  
• Material: Pottery / food vessel
  
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• What: Pottery / food vessel
  
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• Where: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Methlick
  
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• Description: Food vessel from a cist under a cairn at Methlick, Aberdeenshire, Early Bronze Age, 2200 - 1650 BC
  
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