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Iron Age

(-700 - 50)

Unlike the uniformity of forms and fabrics evident in the southern British Deverel-Rimbury and post-Deverel-Rimbury ceramic traditions, Iron Age pots show an increasing tendency towards the development of discrete regional styles. The introduction of the potter¿s wheel in the last century BC effectively draws a line under nearly four millennia of hand-made prehistoric potting.

The region's late prehistoric pottery can be divided up using the filling agents as a rough guide. Flint-tempered fabrics are usually attributable to the Early Pre-Roman Iron Age (EPRIA: 7th - 5th cents BC); quartz sand-tempered fabrics are usually attributable to the Middle Pre-Roman Iron Age (MPRIA: 4th - 1st cents BC); and grog - and shell - tempered fabrics are usually attributable to the Late Pre-Roman Iron Age (LPRIA: 1st cent BC - 1st cent AD).

In terms of form, EPRIA vessels are characterised by finger-tip decorated jars and bowls with strongly marked shoulders and carinations; MPRIA vessels are characterised by a range of burnished jars, bowls and saucepan pots; while LPRIA vessels are dominated by bead-rimmed and necked jars.

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P22 cup. Iron Age	P17 jar. Iron Age	P30 jar. Iron Age	P4 jar. Iron Age
P2 jar. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age	C701 jar. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age	A18834 jar. Iron Age	38.188/15 bowl. Iron Age
38.188/8 bowl. Iron Age	38.188/4 jar. Iron Age	38.188/3 jar. Iron Age	P33 bowl. Iron Age
P32 bowl. Iron Age	P31 bowl. Iron Age	P25 beaker. Iron Age	P10 cup. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age
P9 cup. Iron Age	NN24811 pot. Iron Age	NN24810 pot. Iron Age	A27339/1 bowl. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age
A13681 bowl. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age	A13678 vessel. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age	331 bead. Iron Age (250BC-AD50)	17347 bead. Iron Age (250BC-AD50)

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