110 THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
The pottery falls very simply into three divisions—Neolithic,
Hallstatt (or Iron Age A), and La Tene III. (Iron Age C).
The Neolithic consists of one stray sherd: the Hallstatt of
quite a remarkable quantity when it is borne in mind that no
traces of any occupation of that period were observed.
NEOLITHIC.
The figure (Text-figure 1), which is Mr. Dunning's work,
is thus described by him:—"A sherd of the upper part of a large
"vessel of the well-known Peterborough class of pottery which
"dates from the close of the Neolithic period in Britain. It
"has the bevelled rim, hollow neck, and well-marked shoulder
Fig. i.
Scale J.
"so characteristic of the group, and probably had a roughly
"hemispherical base as shown in the drawing. As restored,
"the original diameter of the outside of the rim is 9.7 in. and
"the depth estimated at about 61/2 in. The ware is coarse and
"heavy, purplish brown on the outside and black on the inside,
"with particles of grit which appear to be mainly worn quartz
"and flint, such as might be derived from coarse sand or fine
"gravel. The outer surface is smoothed.
"The decoration is, as usual on this type of vessel, profuse
"and concentrated on rim and shoulder, and extends inside
"the lip. The bevel of the rim has a herring bone pattern of