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SEPULCHRAL POTTERY. 



pany interments by cremation, and have either contained, 

 or been inverted over, burnt human bones. They are 

 generally of large size, "from ten to sixteen inches high, 

 with a deep border, more or less decorated by impressions of 

 twisted thongs, and incised patterns in which the chevron 

 or herring-bone constantly recurs in various combinations, 

 occasionally relieved by circular punctures, or assuming a 

 reticulated appearance." They are all made by hand no 

 trace of the potter's- wheel being ever found on them. The 

 material of which they are formed is clay mixed with pebbles, 

 and some of them have been described as "sun-dried." This 

 is not the case with any of those found by Mr. Bateman, who, 

 indeed, considers the statement to be altogether a mistake, 

 arising from the imperfect manner in which they were burnt. 

 In color they are generally brown or burnt umber outside, 

 and black inside. 



Secondly, The "incense cups," so called by Sir R. Colt 

 Hoare. They differ very much in shape, and are seldom 

 more than three inches high. When decorated, the patterns 

 are the same as those on the urns, but they are often left 

 plain. It is probable that they were used for lamps, as was, 

 I believe, first suggested by Mr. Birch. 



" The third division includes vessels of every style of orna- 



FIG. 116. 



FIG. 117. 



Vessels from a Tumulus at Arbor Low. 



ment, from the rudest to the most elaborate, but nearly alike 



