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sherds and 444 individual figure-types illustrated, with a
catalogue and a considerable amount of detailed discussion of the site, the
stamps, the ovolos and the dating. The quality of reproduction is not
bad, for Rev. Arch. Sites. |
Annales de Normandie, 37e Anne, no. 4, Oct. 1987,
317-337. syn4,tp/lst-5th/usf occ/grf/grc/lcg A listing of known pottery production centres in Normandy, with a location map, descriptions of what was found, and a small number of illustrations of the main vessel-types for four centres: Saint-Martin d’Aubigny (Manche); Lisieux (Calvados); Alençon (Orne); and Harfleur (Seine-Maritime). The illustrated pottery includes rouletted beakers, but is otherwise of relatively local interest. Includes a useful bibliography. 642 Laroche, C, ‘La production de céramiques fines d’Aoste (Isère), Deuxième moitié du ler siècle après J.-C.’, Société Française d’Etude de la Céramique Antique en Gaule, Actes du Congrès de Toulouse, 9-11 mai 1986, 1986, 19-24. exc/ptp/2nd half of lst/typ tsg (local)/pff/mrb/occ A short paper on fine wares produced at Aoste, in Savoie. The range includes Lyons-like hemispherical bowls and early cornice- rimmed beakers, bowls with low-set flange (CAM form 58), various plain samian forms and an unusual Déch. form 69. This is only a taste of a production centre whose importance seems to have been somewhat underrated. It is also an important source of mortaria - the potters Kay Hartley refers to as ‘the Atisii’. Location: Musé d’Aoste 643 Lintz, G, ‘Etude de la céramique commune du Limousin, méthodologie’, Société Française d'Etude de la Céramique Antique en Gaule, Ades du Congrès de Toulouse, 9-11 mai 1986, 1986, 155-161. An exposé of a methodology for recording coarse pottery in Limousin. Includes a sample recording sheet which attempts to encompass every conceivable aspect of a pot, and which is easily computerized. The problem with systems like this is that they tend to be cumbersome because they ignore the obvious shorthand notation which is implicit in many basic descriptions: for example, we all know that BB1 is hand-made, so there should be no need to keep repeating waffle about the surface treatment each time a sherd is recorded. While computers generally tend not to like blank spaces, constantly filling them in can be a colossal waste of time, if one has a lot of pottery to deal with. (See also entry nos. 630, 640 & 644). 644 Lintz, G, ‘Problèmes de classification de la céramique commune gallo-romaine’, Revue Arch. de l’Est et du Centre-Est Tome XXXVIII, fasc. 1-2, Mélanges offerts I Marcel Lutz, 1987, 191-195. Another exposé on problems of classifying and computerizing coarse pottery (see also entry nos. 630, 640 & 643). In this instance an attempt is made to achieve groupings of pottery vessels by constructing a sort of hierarchical dendrogram of shapes, which is obtained by defining a series of morphological characteristics which are absent or present in combination with other characteristics on any given vessel. These characteristics, both shapes and dimensions, are computerized, and the computer sorts the vessels into a logical order. (Perhaps it is unfair for one who is himself so heavily computerized to say so, but could it not be argued that constructing a type series is an imaginative job for which the human brain is rather better suited?) |
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