List of Romano-British pottery

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Romano-British Pottery was produced from the 1st through the 5th centuries AD in Britain, during the period of occupation by the Roman Empire.[1] Before the invasion of the Romans, pottery in Britain was handmade and fired in a bonfire. The Romans introduced the new technology of fast potters wheels and kilns for firing. The newer manufacturing methods resulted in a pottery that was different from the previous period's pottery. Romano-British pottery has a thinner, harder and smoother fabric than both Iron Age (800 BC–100 AD) and Anglo-Saxon pottery (500–1066 AD).[2]

List of Romano-British pottery[]

This is a partial list of Romano-British pottery.

Pottery Name Time period Characteristics Origin Image
Black-burnished ware 2nd to 4th centuries CE Two classes of wares: I and II Dorset area and Thames Estuary[3] Black-Burnished Ware (FindID 101900).jpg
Crambeck Ware 4th century AD One of two main Romano-British pottery industries in Yorkshire Crambeck, Yorkshire[4] Crambeck Ware Beaker YORYM H182.jpg
Dales ware 3rd to 4th centuries AD Used often as burial urns South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire[5] Dales-type ware Jar YORYM H808.jpg
Hadham Red ware 2nd to 4th centuries AD Used often as burial urns Cambridgeshire[2][6] ESS-CCE080 Roman Hadham ware vessel sherds (FindID 282038).jpg
Huntcliff ware 4th to early 5th centuries AD Used often as burial urns East Yorkshire[7]
Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware 2nd to 4th centuries AD Barbotine-type decoration Lower Nene Valley[8] Decorated Nene Valley Roman Pottery, Wisbech Museum.JPG
Oxfordshire colour coated ware 3rd to 4th centuries AD Produced in Oxfordshire, distributed across Britain East Anglia[9] Oxfordshire colour coated ware - front. (FindID 84547).jpg
Vectis ware 2nd to 5th centuries AD Production began prior to Roman occupation Isle of Wight[10] Vectis ware pot.JPG

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References[]

  1. ^ Simon Hornblower; Antony Spawforth, eds. (1998). The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860165-4.
  2. ^ a b "Roman Pottery Identification" (PDF). Jigsaw Cambridgeshire Best Practice User's Guide. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ Timby, Jane (2013). "Material Culture: pottery and fired clay". In Cunliffe, Barry (ed.). The Roman Villa at Brading, Isle of Wight: The Excavations of 2008-10. Oxford School or Archaeology. p. 192. ISBN 9781905905263.
  4. ^ Monaghan, G. 1997.Roman Pottery from York (Archaeology of York Series 16/8). York: York Archaeological Trust. pp903-906
  5. ^ Margaret Darling; Barbara Precious (31 January 2014). A Corpus of Roman Pottery from Lincoln. Oxbow Books. pp. 83–. ISBN 978-1-78297-054-5.
  6. ^ "Hadham Red Ware". Fen Edge Archaeology Group. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Huntcliff ware on the National Roman Fabric Reference Collection". Museum of London. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Nene valley Colour Coated Ware". PotSherd. 1996. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  9. ^ "Oxfordshire Red-Brown Slipped wares". Potsherd: Atlas of Roman Pottery. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  10. ^ Tomalin, David J (1987). Roman Wight A Guide Catalogue to "The Island of Vectis, very near to Britannia". Isle of Wight County Council. pp. 30–31. ISBN 0906328373.
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