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1884.140.1323.20

Ceramic pellet

1884.140.1323.20

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceramic pellet
Long description
Ceramic pellets that have become bloated due to exposure to high temperatures. [CG [Excav. PR] 29/01/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Kent Thanet Broadstairs St Peter's brick pit near Reading Street
Date / Period
Date made: Unknown Archaeological period: Mesolithic, uncertain Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
1868 Sept
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 25/01/2013
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Burnt, Process Fire-Hardened
Dimensions
Thick: max 8 mm, Width: max 12 mm, Length: max 19 mm, Weight 2 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.140.1323.20
Research and responses

Note that Pitt Rivers spent some time in east Kent (including the Isle of Thanet) in September 1868 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Pitt Rivers published a paper on his findings in Thanet in 1868. Full reference: Lane Fox, A. 1868. ‘On some flint implements found associated with Roman remains in Oxfordshire and the Isle of Thanet’ Journal of the Ethnological Society 1:1-12: 'a cluster of about thirty small pellets, averaging an inch in diameter, the material and use of which I have not been able to ascertain-they were at a depth of six feet nine inches from the surface, exactly over what appeared to be the centre of the pit;' (Pg. 9). [CG [Excav. PR] 23/01/2013]

Associated publications
Lane Fox, A. 1869. On some flint implements found associated with Roman remains in Oxfordshire and the Isle of Thanet. Journal of the Ethnological Society of London 1:1-12 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3014386 [Dan Hicks 19/03/2013]

Search terms: Pottery, Unidentified Object

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