Bowl

This is a fragment of a Neolithic pottery bowl from Membury in Devon. Pottery was a new invention in the Neolithic, and enabled the people living in farming communities to store and cook food and materials.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
446/2005
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Devon archaeology
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Pearce, Nan, Mrs
Material
pottery
Common Name
bowl
Simple Name
bowl
Period Classification
Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)

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