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Compiled by JOHN . ACLAND, M.A., Curator. 



JHHE Dorset County Museum is unusually rich in 

 specimens of sepulchral pottery found in barrows 

 within the county, and, although they have been 

 referred to occasionally in papers read before 

 the Field Club, I trust that the list which I 

 have prepared a complete list of all that we 

 now possess may be useful for reference and as 

 an interesting county record. 



So much has been written on pre-historic burial customs that 

 I need do no more as an introduction to this catalogue than 

 make a few general remarks as an assistance to those who have 

 not been able to study the subject for themselves. 



The pottery found in barrows is usually classified under four 

 heads ; (i) Drinking Cups, now sometimes called " Beakers " ; 

 (2) Food Vessels ; (3) Cinerary Urns ; (4) Incense Cups. 

 Drinking cups and food vessels are found deposited with unburnt 

 bodies ; cinerary urns, as the name implies, form receptacles for 

 the ashes of the dead; and incense cups are also associated 



