The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology


Yorkshire vase food vessel

Yorkshire vase food vessel [Ar].
Distinctive early Bronze Age ceramic vessel found mainly in eastern England in association with inhumation burials. Characterized by coarse fabrics made into thick-walled vessels with flat bases, decoration on the shoulder and rim, and often with perforated lugs. Dates for this style of pottery centre on the period 1800–1400 BC.

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