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Early Bronze Age pot

Findspot: 
Melbourn, Cambridgeshire
Period: 
Date: 
Early Bronze Age (2350 - 1600 BC)
Material: 
Pottery

Good quality clay was an important resource, so learners probably practiced with poorer quality clay. This potter attempted a complicated shape that quickly became asymmetrical, although the poor quality clay probably did not help!

Collection information

Collection: 
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
Accession No: 
1948.345

Exhibition details

Catalogue number: 
49

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