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Grooved Pottery Shards

Number of tool VI 150:1

  • Description of use Potsherds of grooved pottery with rectangular impressed depressions on the exterior of the vessel. During the manufacturing process, coarse grog was mixed with the clay. Residues of firing inside the vessel indicate that it was used for cooking food using the ancient method of heating stones in the vessel.
  • Place of archaeological excavation Mežotne Central Burial Site
Material Clay, grog
Date 4th - 8th century
Location National History Museum of Latvia