EMWSD - Early medieval ware shell-dusted
Fine to medium sandy handmade wares with shell-dusting externally on rim and shoulders. Comparable with or the same as Essex type Fabric 13S (Cotter 2000).
Example from Nayland.
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EMWSD - Early medieval ware shell-dusted
Fine to medium sandy handmade wares with shell-dusting externally on rim and shoulders. Comparable with or the same as Essex type Fabric 13S (Cotter 2000). Note common red-stained sand in this example - without the shell dusting, this would be recorded as MCWps.
Example from Nayland.
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EMWSD - Early medieval ware shell-dusted
Fine to medium sandy handmade wares with shell-dusting externally on rim and shoulders. Comparable with or the same as Essex type Fabric 13S (Cotter 2000). This example is probably a Colchester version of the fabric.
Example from Hadleigh.
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