Height: 16.000 cm (pot at the back)
Height: 16.000 cm (pot at the back)
Gifts of:
Glastonbury Antiquarian Society
Somerset Archaeological Society
P&EE 1870, 12-8, 8;P&EE 1906 10-11,1;P&EE 1951 7-5,1
Room 50: Britain and Europe
tour 2 of 7
Daily life in Iron Age Britain
Cooking pots
These are examples of the type of cooking pot
that would have been found in most Iron Age homes in southern
England at some time between 300 BC and AD 43. Used to cook stews,
porridge or soups, it is likely that these cooking pots were left
to simmer on an open hearth. This explains why food was sometimes
burnt on both the inside and the outside of such pots. The food was
probably poured into a serving bowl of the same size and shape for
eating out of
communally.
Cooking pots
were not usually decorated or polished, whereas serving bowls could
sometimes be decorated and were often burnished (rubbed until a
glossy surface was achieved) before being
fired.