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Description: | A major fieldwalking project took place in the 1980s over the whole of Fenland, incorporating parts of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, as well as Norfolk, the material from the latter forming this collection. The survey took place at a time when long term pasture had recently been brought into cultivation and it was realised that due to erosion the Fenland was a steadily declining resource. Until the Survey, collectors' attention had concentrated on known sites and selective acquisition of material. The Survey systematically sampled the material. The archive of material mainly comprises over 30000 sherds of pottery (mostly medieval) stored by parish and site for future detailed examination. The collection is not on display but is available for consultation by appointment
methodically sampled material from almost the entire Norfolk Fenland, archive of medieval pottery sherds collected from the entire area | Format: | 133 boxes of artefacts collected by fieldwalking material and 27 boxes of documentary archive | Subjects: | Pottery Human settlements Archaeology Archaeological objects | Temporal: | Medieval 1066-1500 | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | +44 (0)1603 493623 | Telephone: | +44 (0)1603 493625 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6999 | Format: | 133 boxes of artefacts collected by fieldwalking material and 27 boxes of documentary archive | Go to resource |
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