Abingdon ware

Abingdon ware is a Middle Neolithic (3900-3200 BC), decorated, round-bottomed pottery found in the name pit of Abingdon-on-Thames, whence the name, about 15 kilometres south of Oxford, as well as in the upper Thames valley and central England.   Abingdon ware belongs to the earliest pottery found in Great Britain and was discovered together with a handful of Peterborough, grooved and Beaker ware as well as Bronze Age shards. The pit or mine has been dated to the 37th or 36th century BC.

See also

• Prehistoric pottery in Great Britain

Literature

• Timothy Darvill: "Abingdon ware" in: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archeology, 2008, ISBN 9780199534043