Pottery Summary

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Loci 1 and 8 (Stone formation): 0.1%

Apart from 1 impasto fragment found in locus 1, no material was recovered from the stone formation.

Locus 2: 7.2%

Material fragmentary and heavily worn.

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Locus 3: 0.2%

2 heavily worn impasto fragments.

Loci 4, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15: 90.5%

Majority of the ceramics recovered from CA41 came form the lense feature underneath the stone formation (olive brown soil with carbon inclusions).

In general the ceramic material was well preserved but highly fragmentary.  The most commom fabric type was impasto.  Very few fine ware fragments were found.

Relativiely large amount of coil made pottery was recovered form the feature (Find # 8, p.77; Find #4, p. 95).  Ceramics with moulded decoration was common (Find #1, p.43; Find # 2, p. 73;

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Find #5, p. 77; Find #3, p. 93; Find # 2, p. 101; Find #3, p.101), mostly impasto.  Several impasto bases were recovered (Find #1, p. 99, Find #1, p. 125).  Bucchero finds included 2 examples wiht moulded decoration (Find # 3, p. 73; Find # 3, p. 115) and 1 piece, possibly a handle fragment, with hatched diamond and rope patterns (Find \xb06, p. 77).  The only example of Greek pottery recovered from CA41 was a sherd of protoCorinthian pottery (Find #1, p, 93).

The only complete profile from the trench was [blank space]

The only non-pottery ceramic object was a spindle whorl with moulded decoration (Find #2, p. 65)

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Loci 12 and 16 (Baulk trim): 2%

5 redware fragments, 1 coarseware sherd and 11 impasto fragmetns, including 1 base and 1 rim

Material was worn and highly fragmentary.