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Pottery Fragment with Baiões-Type Decoration

Origin

Monte Padrão, Monte Córdova, Santo Tirso.

Material

Ceramic. Compact, moderately refined fabric of laminar composition. Homogeneous firing (P51). Non-plastic inclusions composed of small quartz and mica particles with uniform distribution. Surface smoothed and polished (P51).

Description

Body sherd of a hand-modelled vessel. Decoration formed by a series of transverse incised lines set within a band delimited by two parallel incised lines.

Classification and chronology

“Baiões” Type (SILVA 1986, A2, 4 – Phase I) / Monte Padrão – Phase III

Dimensions

Maximum length: 29 mm; Maximum width: 30 mm; Maximum thickness: 7 mm.

Deposit

MMAP [PAD 85 (M1.182) 4278].

Bibli.

MOREIRA 2007, 60.