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Medieval - Handmade (6.HM.BE.0003)

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Category
Handmade (Medieval)
Fabric name
Chronology
Medieval > High Medieval > late 9th-10th century AD
Dating method(-s)
radiocarbon dating
Potters' mark
No
Additional information
date supported by radiocarbon dating on a charred wheat grain (callibrated date: 860-1020 AD ), the production is quasi exclusively dominated by globular pots (some show waffle shaped stamps, not the case for this sample)

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Site type
Pottery production
Location
Belgium; Vlaams-Brabant; Kortenberg
Site name
Erps-Kwerps, Villershof
Excavation or Survey Team
Johan Hoorne. Partners: Vlaams Instituut voor het Onroerend Erfgoed, Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, Gemeente Kortenberg, Erfgoedhuis Erps-Kwerps vzw, en de Archeologische Werkgroep Kortenberg
Additional contextual information
Vlak I, Spoor 8/9
Slip
No
Slip color
Glaze
No
Glaze type
Glaze color
Glaze additives
Additional information
Slip
No
Slip color
Glaze
No
Glaze type
Glaze color
Glaze additives
Additional information
Surface color
grey brown
Surface texture
Rough
Fracture color
greybrown-grey-grey brown
Inclusions (non-plastics/tempering)
quartz grains, bimodal quartz, iron oxides ?, grog fragment
Matrix and voids
/
Diagnostic features
Additional information
sample number EK-VH-3
Sample type
Pottery
Inventory number
6.HM.BE.0003
Collection
Archaeological Department, Ghent University
Donating institute/person
Johan Hoorne
Host collection
Johan Hoorne
Other samples available
Yes
Sample collection method
Archaeological Excavation

Hoorne et al. 2009

Full reference

Hoorne J., Bastiaens B., De Mulder G., Deforce K., Ervynck A., Lentacker A. & Sturtewagen K. 2009. Archeologisch noodonderzoek te Erps-Kwerps- Villershof (Kortenberg, prov. Vlaams-Brabant). Nederzettingssporen uit de ijzertijd, de vroege en de volle middeleeuwen. Relicta 4: 23-80.

 

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