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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.

Related objects

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62.15/372 vessel. Iron Age	62.15/373 vessel. Iron Age	62.15/374 vessel. Iron Age	62.15/375 vessel. Iron Age
62.15/376 vessel. Iron Age	62.15/377 vessel. Iron Age	62.15/378 vessel. Iron Age	62.15/379 vessel. Iron Age
62.15/380 vessel. Iron Age	62.15/381 vessel. Iron Age	82.367/26 vessel. Iron Age	C942 vessel. Iron Age
73.51/11 vessel. Iron Age	38.188/7a vessel. Iron Age	A10562 vessel. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age	A16964 vessel. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age
82.367/69 vessel. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age	82.367/70 vessel. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age	82.367/65 vessel. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age	82.367/66 vessel. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age
82.367/67 vessel. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age	82.367/68 vessel. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age	82.367/61 vessel. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age	82.367/62 vessel. Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age

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