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This ceramic pot was found in a cist grave, along with a flint knife, at Birkhill in Stirlingshire. It had probably contained a food offering, and dates from between 2200 and 1650 BC.

The pot is decorated with impressions of whipped cord, arranged as radial lines around the top of the rim, and as a running zigzag design below a fringe of two horizontal lines over the outside of the body.

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: 000-100-035-795-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 239
• Date: Between 2200 and 1650 BC
  
• Material: Ceramic; rudely ornamented with chevron patterns
  Pottery / food vessel
  
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• What: Pottery / food vessel
  
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• Where: Scotland, Stirlingshire, Birkhill
  
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• Description: Food vessel rudely ornamented with chevron patterns, from Birkhill
  
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