RecordPot< 1 of 1 > Back from Bathgate, WEST LOTHIAN
PotBeakers are a range of early pottery, including jars and fine pots for drinking. This ceramic pot, of a type sometimes termed a beaker, was found at Bathgate in West Lothian. The pot is almost entirely decorated with impressions of twisted cord, spirally wound around the body. Such decoration was popular in Continental Europe, particularly the middle and lower Rhineland, between 2500 and 2050 BC. Beaker pottery was adopted as a prestigious Continental novelty from around 2500 BC along with other novelties. The finest beakers are usually found in burials, where they were deposited, probably full, as gifts to accompany the deceased to the afterlife. Record detailsTo search on related items, click any linked text below.
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