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Roman Pottery Bibliography - Page 101

      Edited by  R. P. Symonds, with indexes by J R. Perrin  (see bottom)

There is a brief section on the pottery industry in North Lincs. (now Humberside), and products are published from the local kilns at Roxby (2nd), Thealby (2nd & 4th), Messingham (4th) and Dragonby Kiln 3 (Flavian-Trajanic). 
Location: Scunthorpe Museum


Kent
Richard Pollard, (*) Malcolm Lyne & (+) Cohn Wallace
See also ‘Books’, for Monaghan, J, Upchurch and Thameside Roman Pottery: A ceramic typology for northern Kent, first to third centuries AD (entry no 557), and for Pollard, R J, The Roman Pottery of Kent (entry no 558).

476 Detsicas, A P, ‘A salt-panning site at Funton Creek’, Archaeologia Cantiana 101 (for 1984), 1985, 165-168.
exc/ind/--3rd--
occ/bb2
A brief report on a 1963 rescue excavation. There is no separate pottery report; there are three pottery illustrations.
Location: not recorded

477 Frere, S S. Bennett, P. Rady, J & Stow, S, Canterbury Excavations: Intra- and Extra-mural sites, 1949-55 and 1980-84, The Archaeology of Canterbury, Vol VIII, 1987. See entry nos. 478-482 for pottery details.

478 Bird, J & Dickinson, B M, ‘The samian from Marlowe Avenue and No. 15A Dane John’, in entry no. 477,329-333. exc/mjc/Claudian-mid 3rd
sts/cts/ets/ats (late 2nd-early 3rd)
A catalogue, including illustrations of two decorated pieces and six stamps.

479 Green, M J, ‘The finds and pottery from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust sites, 1980-84’ (various short reports in section iv), in entry no. 477, 301-303 & 326-328. 
exc,slr/mjc/late 1st BC-early 5th AD/usf 
amp/asg/ass/sts/cts/ets/ats (late)/ccc/clc/kww (incl.rgh)/lyc/
nvc/owc/orc/egg (TN)/mrb (German + early London marbled
+éponge)/rhn/occ/blg/tng/trb/pph/bb2/grf/grc/ncg/lcg/nkg/
ctm or clm/ktm/lnm/?mem (Soller)/oxm (all 3 fabrics)/
sem/?vrm/oxp/wht/osc/?hax/lox/wcs/mek/ppr/upc
The pottery from 7 Palace St (301-302) is quantified by sherd count; for Marlowe Ave., St. John’s Lane & No. l5A Dane John: summary of ‘Gallo-Belgic’, Roman and late Roman imports only, also quantified by sherd counts.
Location: Canterbury Archaeological Trust; Canterbury Royal Museum

480 Hartley, K F, ‘Mortarium stamps from Canterbury’, in entry no. 477, 251-255.
exc/mjc/c60-180/usf
ctm/clm/ktm/vrm
17 stamped vessels are described, 16 stamps are illustrated. This collects together stamps from excavations by the Canterbury Excavations Committee published in various volumes of the Arch. of Canterbury series. Includes useful comments on Kent/Canterbury production.
Location: Canterbury Royal Museum

481 Pollard, R J, ‘The Pottery’ (from Cranmer House, London Road), in entry no. 477, 284-298.
exc,slr (rescue)/mjc,cem/mid lst-3rd (mainly mid 2nd-3rd for burials)/ggp
amp/ass/sts/mvs/cts/ccc/kww or nvc/lyc/orc/rhn/blg/ira/pph/ bb2/
grf/gro/ncg/lcg/nkg/?ctm,ktm/buf/mf/osf/lox/wsx/esx/
upc (pph etc.)

Partial excavation of a cemetery: 53 burials including burials in amphorae. Also residual/domestic scatter. There was also a Saxon cemetery on the same site.
Location: Canterbury Archaeological Trust; Canterbury Royal Museum

482 Wilson, M G, ‘The Pottery’ (from Canterbury Excavation 
Committee sites, 1946-60), in entry no. 477, 195-219 (including non-Roman material).
exc/mjc,cem,?cpp (‘Belgic’ huts)/ggp
amp/ass/?arr/sts/tsg/?kww/nvc/orc/mca/blg/tng/trb/nri/btb/
crb/bbl/bb2/grf/grg/gro/ncg/lcg/clm or ktm/ewm/ktm/ngm/ 
buf/hft/mf/wht/lox/osd/esx/gft
In the format of Verulamium I: no fabric type series, no quantification, extensive illustrations (132 profiles); listed by context; no synthesis. Includes graffiti: Fig 79, 207-208, in ‘Belgic’ wares; an amphora stamp (Dressel 20): Fig 87, no. 64,218-219; and a TN platter stamp: Fig 79, no. 1,207-208.
Location: Canterbury Royal Museum

+483 Green, C M, ‘Appendix 1: Analyses of Roman pottery types from Poverest Road, Orpington’, in Palmer, S, Excavation of the Roman and Saxon site at Orpington, 1984, 31-46.
exc/set/roughly 2nd-4th
asg/ass/sts/cts/ets/clc/kww/nvc/orc/rhn/occ/nri/bbl/bb2/gro/
gry/nkg/esh/lsh/clm/ktm/oxm/vrm/mro/oxp/hax/wsx/alh/?dal/
lnd/vrr/pgr/pod
An unstratified collection (see the discussion of the "stratification" on page 4) from a poorly excavated bathhouse. Some pottery illustrated, but unrelated to the report.
Location: Orpington Museum

484 Meates, Lt-Col G W, Meates, Lt-Col G W, The Roman Villa
at Lullingstone, Kent, Volume II The Wall Paintings &
Finds,
Kent Archaeological  Society Monograph Series III, 1987. See entry nos 485 for pottery details.
exc/vil,frm/late 1st BC-early 5th AD/ggp,usf,typ
Location: HBMCE stores, Lullingstone Villa Guardianship
Museum

485 Pollard, R J, ‘The Other Roman Pottery’, in entry no 484,164-302. (Report written by Pollard in 1982). For site & location details, see entry no 484. Some late 1st BC-pre-Flavian; mostly late 1st AD-early 5th AD
cts/ach/asg/ass/ccc ("Rhenish")/clc/kww (lower Rhineland)/
nvc/nfc/owc/orc/rhn/nvr (?lower Rhineland)/rgh/occ/mca/gIz/
pgr/ira/btb/crb/pph/bbl/bb2/obb/grf/grc/grg/gro/ncg/heg/
lcg/hgg/nkg/esh/lsh/sxs/ltp/flg/ctm/clm/lwm/ghm/ktm/lgm/
lnm/mhm/mem/ngm/oxm/rbm/sem/vrm/mro/buf/ngt/mf/
oxp/oxw/wht/fcp/osf/osc/hax/lox/wsx/haw/alh/gft/lnd/
lrh/mek/ngp/ppr/stv/upc/vrr/mrb(?German)/eas/pod/plus
5 undesignated types; North Gaulish (Anderson);
miscellaneous forms including ‘flower pot’, chimney &
crucibles.
A wide range of forms and fabrics, both divided into type series: there are eleven classes of forms, 80 fabrics, and over 400 illustrations. There are several very rare continental imports along with exotic and local R-B products. The report includes an amphora with painted inscription, three amphora stamps, and numerous graffiti (including two on tiles), with comments by Charles Thomas (278-280) on Christian symbolism. There is a summary of ceramic discs/counters cut from pots and tiles. There is a general discussion of the pottery (281-3): there were 56 stratified

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