Unstan ware is the name used by archaeologists for a type of finely made and decorated Neolithic pottery from the 4th millennium BC. Typical are elegant, round based bowls with a band of grooved patterning below the rim.
It is named after Unstanchambered cairn and fort on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, a fine example of a stalled burial chamber in a circular mound, where the style of pottery was first found.
UnstanWare takes its name from the stalled cairn of Unstan in Stenness, where copious quantities of the distinct pottery style were found during its excavation in 1858.
Shallow, round bottomed, and with decoration around the rim, UnstanWare came to be associated with the early Neolithic structures and stalled cairns in Orkney, such as the Knap o' Howar.
It appears that as UnstanWare, and the stalled cairns, of the early stage fell out of fashion, they were replaced, as society changed and new ideas were adopted in the islands.
Unstanware is the name used by archaeologists for a type of finely made and decorated Neolithic pottery from the 4th millennium BC.
It is named after Unstan chambered cairn and fort on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, a fine example of a stalled burial chamber in a circular mound, where the style of pottery was first found.
Unstanware may have evolved into the later grooved ware style.
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