Early Roman Pottery Research Articles

The early Roman pottery kilns in the ager Rusellanus (southern Tuscany, Italy) and their products

This archaeometric research examined the structural elements of the three kilns found in the plain below the archaeological site ofRusellae, the ceramics found within this artisans’ quarter and the clayey materials on which the workshops were built. Twenty-one samples were investigated by bulk chemical and mineralogical analyses (ICP-MS, ICP-AES and XRD) and mineralogical-petrographic analyses on thin sections (optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy). The results allowed the characterisation of the production group to be obtained. Both carbonatic and non-carbonatic clayey materials were used to make common-ware ceramics and, above all, building materials such as bricks and tiles. The production technology varied from accurately to poorly worked pastes, fired from low (about 800 °C) to very high temperatures (above 1100 °C). The compositional comparison with data previously obtained on stamped bricks and neighbouring clayey materials suggested a correlation with the producer/s known by the stampsSEX CLEMENT/PROBIandPROBI. Furthermore, the variety of raw materials used in the manufacture and product diversification also let speculate that the production site welcomed various artisans and products for the final firing.

Early Roman Pottery Groups from the Central Sector of the Late Roman City at Histria

Articolul prezintă patru contexte ceramice de epocă romană timpurie provenind din sondajele efectuate în sectorul central al cetăţii romane târzii pentru identificarea Bazilicii C, anterioare bazilicii episcopale din sec. VI. Acestea surprind cel puţin două momente cronologice : contextul 1 datează de la sfârşitul sec. I a. Chr. şi prima jumătate a sec. I p. Chr. ; acest prim context oferă un bun terminus post quem pentru contextele 2– 4, care aparţin unor structuri de locuire databile în a doua jumătate a sec. I şi în prima jumătate a sec. II p. Chr. Loturile ceramice analizate pot contribui pe viitor la nuanţarea cronologiei primelor secole ale epocii romane de la Histria (fazele I A şi I B).

Ancient sites in rural Cyrenaica: a partial update

AbstractTwo brief reconnaissance visits to archaeological sites in Cyrenaica in November 2010 and April 2012, for the purpose of a new archaeological guidebook, led to a variety of observations concerning rural sites which have been little discussed since the 1950s. The predominant theme was a need for a wide-ranging and detailed reassessment of the chronology and nature of rural settlement. This was carried out in Tripolitania in the 1980s by the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Archaeological Survey, but nothing comparable has been done in Cyrenaica. Sites previously regarded as Byzantine or early Arab have yielded early Roman pottery, and many once taken to be military, with strengthened defences, now seem more likely to be civil and to have been shored up following earthquake damage.

Pre-Flavian Kilns at Greenhouse Farm and the Social Context of Early Roman Pottery Production in Cambridgeshire

he Claudio-Neronian kilns at Greenhouse Farm are one of the few extensively excavated pottery production sites of this period in Cambridgeshire. The analysis presented in this paper attempts to do justice to this fact as well as touching on some broader themes; divided in two parts, the first discusses the site, kilns and pottery production, the second tackles the broader issue of early (i.e. pre-Flavian) pottery production in the region. Apart from the military kilns associated with Longthorpe in Peterborough,1 the only other comparable site of this date in the county is that at War Ditches, Cherry Hinton, which lies only 3.5 km south of Greenhouse Farm and at which several phases of salvage work were undertaken as the site was gradually quarried away early in the last century.2 On a smaller scale, recent excavations at Blackhorse Lane, Swavesey have found two kilns of a similar date,3 while another first-century kiln was found in the 1950s at Water Newton.4

The Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Pottery of Nabatean Oboda: Final Report. Abraham Negev

<i>The Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Pottery of Nabatean Oboda: Final Report</i>. Abraham Negev

The Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Pottery of Nabataean Oboda: Final Report

The Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Pottery of Nabataean Oboda: Final Report

One of the Early Roman Pottery Industries at Staines, Surrey

One of the Early Roman Pottery Industries at Staines, Surrey

British Museum. A catalogue of the lamps in the British Museum 1. Greek, Hellenistic and Early Roman pottery lamps. By D. M. Bailey. London: British Museum Publications Ltd (for the Trustees). 1975. Pp. [viii] + 397, 150 plates. £45.00.

British Museum. A catalogue of the lamps in the British Museum 1. Greek, Hellenistic and Early Roman pottery lamps. By D. M. Bailey. London: British Museum Publications Ltd (<i>for</i> the Trustees). 1975. Pp. [viii] + 397, 150 plates. £45.00.

D. M. Bailey: A catalogue of the lamps in the British Museum, London, Vol. I: Greek, Hellenistic and Early Roman Pottery lamps. London: British Museum Publications, 1975. 401 pp., 150 pls. £45.00.

D. M. Bailey: A catalogue of the lamps in the British Museum, London, Vol. I: Greek, Hellenistic and Early Roman Pottery lamps. London: British Museum Publications, 1975. 401 pp., 150 pls. £45.00.