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645 Liou, B & Pomey, P. ‘Direction des
recherches archéologiques sous-marines’, Gallia 43, fasc. 2, 1985,
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The amphoras and Italian samian presented in this paper are all somewhat
earlier than the normal scope of this Bibliography, but the paper is
undoubtedly worthy of inclusion all the same, as it is a masterful
case-study of Roman economic life. The Portus Cosanus was a port on the
coast of ancient Etruria, which had a man-made fish-farming lagoon, and
which was a production centre for amphorae used to export both garum and
wine (this is the earliest commercial exploitation of garum known to the
author, and the fishery was of substantial size - "the famous fisheries
of ancient Baetica on the southern coast of Spain are all much smaller and
do not date before Augustan times"). A large proportion of the amphorae
(Dressel 1, Type 4) are bear the stamps of a family known as the Sestii, and
they include a number of trademarks, including a lighthouse symbol, thought
to be a direct reference to a lighthouse which stood at the mouth of the
port. The paper represents a thorough investigation of the many sides to
this story, and it is a ‘good read’! (Its presentation at Oxford in 1984
was one of the highlights of that Fautores meeting). 650 Moser, F & Tilhard, J-L, ‘Un nouveau centre de production de céramique sigillée: Brive (Corrèze)’, Société Française d’Etude de la Céramique Antique en Gaule, Actes du Congrès de Toulouse, 9-11 mai 1986, 1986, 93-104. exc,syn/ptp/c80-c110/usf sts (Brive) Following the presentation of this paper at the 1986 meeting of the SFECAG at Toulouse, the discussion (published in a section following the paper) was opened by Main Vernhet, excavator at La Graufesenque, who said, "We have just witnessed the birth of a new child: the workshop at Brive. As with a child, one looks to see whom it resembles..." This paper concentrates on some mould-decorated figure-types, some mould-decorated bowls, and some Drag form 35/36 bowls. A much fuller report has since been published: see entry no. 651. 651 Moser, F & Tilhard, J-L, ‘Un nouvel atelier de sigillée en Aquitaine’, Revue Aquitania Tome V. 1987, 35-121. exc,col,syn/ptp/c80-c110/typ sts (Brive)/eqp See also entry no. 650. The discovery of a new samian production centre, confirmed by excavations in 1986 and by analyses of the fabrics of the vessels found, must count as a momentous event in Roman pottery studies. This is an extremely detailed publication of the results of several years’ study of the evidence, which only became conclusive relatively recently, although Brive can now become the legitimate source of a considerable number of vessels elsewhere identified as "?La Graufesenque, unusual style". The report includes a large number of figure-types, motifs, and examples of moulds and mould-decorated sherds and vessels, as well as the results of a wide range of technical analyses, and general conclusions. It is fortunate that such an important occurrence has been published so quickly, and so competently. 652 Moulin, J, ‘Liberchies. Bons-Villers: lot de vingt-cinq petits vases gallo-romaines en céramique commune’, Documents d’Arch. Régionale, 1, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1986, 20- 25. exc/unk/lst-4th/usf buf (‘unguentaria’) |
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