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Pottery

General Pottery Identification - a general guide to pottery types found in Cambridgeshire from Neolithic through to Medieval.

Neolithic and Early-Mid Bronze Age Pottery Identification - a more in-depth guide to Neolithic and Early-Mid Bronze Age Pottery found in Cambridgeshire

Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Pottery Identification - a more in-depth guide to Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Pottery found in Cambridgeshire

Roman Pottery Identification - a more in-depth guide to Roman pottery types found in Cambridgeshire.

Medieval Pottery Identification - a more in-depth guide to Medieval pottery types found in Cambridgeshire.

 

Animal Bone

Animal Bone Identification - an introductory guide to identifying animal bone, with a focus on domestic mammals.

 

Flint

Flint Identification - an introductory guide to distinguishing deliberately modified from naturally occurring rocks.

Flint Tools and Flintknapping - an Ancient Craft guide to flint tool styles through the ages, and the art of flintknapping

 

Useful Websites

Leicestershire County Council has some very useful pottery guides for community archaeology groups. These are specific to pottery types found in Leicestershire, but many of them are transferrable to Cambridgeshire.

Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group

Potsherd is an excellent website for those wishing to identify Roman pottery.

Study Group for Roman Pottery (SGRP) - for those seriously wishing to learn about Roman pottery. Membership is £15 and covers a journal. They have good conferences and produce publications.

Medieval Pottery Research Group