Summary

Thin section from bipartite vase food vessel X.1995.93.2 from the short cist cemetery at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Early Bronze Age

Accession Number

X.1995.93.2 A

Other references

Original description

Finds from excavations at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire. Type of site: Short cist cemetery. Date: Early Bronze Age. Finds from the Early Bronze Age cemetery (area A). [EQ 1028 A] Thin section from EQ 1028 [Food Vessel, cist 2 (= sf 1, 14, 15, 21, 51, 53, 54). Bipartite vase Food Vessel, reconstructed and virtually complete]. Angular to sub-angular rock fragments (dark grey in hand specimen) and mineral grains in a highly porous glassy matrix. The rock fragments comprise mainly a fine-grained feldspar matrix with larger euhedral - subhedral feldspar phenocrysts (all showing partial alteration) and iron oxide minerals (extensive iron-staining). These are likely to be of a basalt / andesite composition. There are also small amounts of individual quartz grains (some showing strain extinction) in the glassy matrix.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Excavated

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1995

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Agent

Image

None