A hand is holding a translucent, quartz-like crystal, with a textured surface. The background consists of dirt and small rocks.
The image shows a fragment of reddish material situated among dry, uneven soil, accompanied by a black folder with clear plastic sleeves. The area appears to be part of an excavation site.
Hello from the Mesolithic period!
#aberdeenshire #mesolithic #flint
#fieldwalking #archaeology #lithics
Had a brilliant day at the CBA-East Midlands fieldwalking conference in Grantham. My head is chokka with information & ideas to take forward into efforts to get our county archaeological society doing fieldwork again. A really inspiring event! #archaeology #fieldwalking
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Crawling around in a Maize field this afternoon (with permission!) I came upon this distinctive expedient scraper.
#lithic #scraper #expedientscraper #cornwall #fieldwalker #fieldwalking #flint #flintfinds #prehistory #lithics
Had a mooch in the just-ploughed field next door, and found this lovely pie crust edged piece from a late 17th-early 18th century large flat slipware plate, which joins treasures of similar date found in the garden.
Love those trailed, combed patterns.
#archaeology #fieldwalking #mudlarking #pottery
I decided it was too cold and windy after half an hour, but it was a good half hour! #fieldwalking #treasure
What a beaut with a boot! #fieldwalking #treasure
What a beaut with a boot! #fieldwalking #treasure
Two pieces of pottery having dimpled, abstract surfaces - 'powdered'.
Many pieces of blue-and-white glazed pottery, with the blue pattern edges looking diluted and irregular in colour - 'sponged'.
Sherds of pottery having multiple colours on a white background. Red, blue, brown and green patterns appear hand-painted.
Many pieces of pottery with precise coloured patterns - red, dark blue, green, purple - produced by a printed transfer.
Pottery found on nearby fields having varied dates and glazing techniques: powdered, sponged, hand-painted, and transfer-printed, probably ranging from late 17th to 19thC.
#archaeology #dating #pottery #Georgian #Victorian #fieldwalking
