8188
Accession Number
282
Title Of Article Chaper
Pottery survival in the field: some initial results of experiments in frost shattering
Title Of Journal Book
Scottish archaeological review
Volume
5
Pages
87-89
ISSN
0262-4389
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Using Thorpe Thewles material, 16 sherds representing a cross-section of early ceramic types were subjected to 150 cycles of freeze and thaw. A few stood the process fairly well, but even some of the Roman wares suffered badly; clearly only some types of pottery will survive to be picked up in fieldwalking.
Keywords
archaeological sites;Scotland;frost;shattering;sherds;ceramics; freezing; Roman;Thorpe Thewles
pub_id
8188