Early ceramic pot

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This ceramic pot was found at Kinneff in Kincardineshire. It was placed within a cist (a box-like stone grave), probably containing an offering of food or drink, together with two bronze bangles. The grave dates from between 2200 and 1800 BC.

The pot is decorated over its external surface with fine impressed decoration, made using impressions of tightly whipped cord, and with impressions of a V-ended tool. It has been partly restored.

From around 2500 BC, individual burial 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. Some, like this one, were quite fine.

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• Online ID: 000-100-035-745-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 147
• Date: Between 2200 and 1800 BC
  
• Material: Ceramic; finely ornamented
  Pottery / food vessel
  
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• What: Pottery / food vessel
  
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• Where: Scotland, Kincardineshire, Kinneff and Catterline, Kinneff
  
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• Description: Finely ornamented food vessel from Kinneff, Kincardineshire
  
• References:
  • Clarke, D.V., Cowie, T.G., & Foxon, Andrew (eds). Symbols of power at the time of Stonehenge. Edinburgh: National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland, 1985, pp 154, 288. 
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