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Journal of Roman Pottery Studies    Volume 3, 1990  Edited by Rob Perrin

                     
Roman Pottery Bibliography - Page 123

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

jars, with sagging bodies and vertically-oriented bosses, as well as a range of Saxon metalwork. The paper is only a brief summary of the British material to be found in a number of published reports on both cemeteries and occupation sites, mostly in central Normandy.

661 Raynaud, C, ‘Céramiques du dèbut du IIIeme siècle dans le quartier bas d’Ambrussum (Villetelle, Hèrault)’, Figlina 7, 1986, 51-64.
exc/opp/early 3rd (220-240)/ggp
amp/asg/tsg ("Claire B" and grc)/buf/lcl
At the oppidum of Ambrussum, in Languedoc, a single homogeneous context produced a large amount of pottery, all fairly precisely dated by coins and other evidence to c220-240. Included in the material was a considerable range of coarse wares, amphorae from both southern Gaul and from northern Africa, and what is known as ‘sigillée claire B’ and ‘sigillée luisante’. These latter wares (and the reasons for mentioning them here) are discussed here in entry nos. 613 & 629. Among the amphorae is a good example of a Gauloise 1/Peacock & Williams Class 28 (which they date to the 1st century, after Laubenheimer).

662 Rivet, L, ‘Que chacun sorte ses parois fines!’, Société Française d’Etude de la Céramique Antique en Gaule, Actes du Congrès de Toulouse, 9-11 mai 1986, 1986, 11-17.
syn/---/lst-4-/typ
pff/occ
The preface to the SFECAG Actes for 1986, this is the presentation and explanation of the theme of the Toulouse meeting, "Non-samian fine wares". It is a short but useful discussion on what is meant by ‘fine wares’, on recent developments in research, and on the directions that research should take in the future. As an addenda, it also includes a reprint of the typology of early fine wares by Françoise Mayet, along with her map of production centres.

663 Rober, A, ‘Une villa gallo-romaine à Vodelèe (comm. de Doische)’, Arch. Belgica III, 1987, 153-164.
exc/vil/3rd-4th/usf
ats (mould-decorated & roller-stamped)/occ/lcg/mek/ ‘crackled blue’ ware
A late Roman villa in south central Belgium, which produced Argonne samian and Mayen ware, both of which are common in the region. The report also illustrates a number of interesting small finds.

664 Roca Roumens, M, ‘Vasos con decoración epigráfica en la producción de terra sigillata hispánica de Los Villares de Andújar (Jaén)’, Société Française d’Etude de la Céramique Antique en Gaule, Actes du Congrès de Toulouse, 9-11 mai 1986, 1986, 167-169.
exc?,col?/ptp/Claudian or perhaps earlier
tss/gft
A brief paper on a series of Spanish samian vessels with inscriptions/ signatures within the moulded decoration.

665 Roussel, L, ed., with contributions by Dolle, Colonel R (‘La sigillée’) & Hindlet, D (‘La Céramique commune’), Malain-Mediolanum: Le Mobilier, 1968-78, Cahiers du Mémontois no. 4, 1979.
exc/twn,set/lst-3rd/usf
amp (carrot)/sts/mvs/cts/tsg (Gueugnon & Jaulges/Villiers-Vineux)/ ccc/rhn-type/grf/grc/ncg/mro/buf/’excised’
decoration/applied-moulded decoration
A report on the finds from the major site of Malain-Mediolanum, in Bourgogne, supplemented by a ‘Visitor’s guide’ to the site. There are no conclusions drawn on the site or the finds, and the
latter are 

presented in the form of a catalogue, with only very limited noting of parallels, except for the samian, which is reported on in detail, although the drawings are relatively poor. The colour-coated wares are nevertheless very fine, spanning a considerable range of types.

666 Schaub, J, ‘Le potier Clamosus: sa production révélée par les fouilles de Bliesbruck (Moselle)’, Revue Arch. de I’Est et du Centre-Est Tome XXXVIII, fasc. 1-2, Mélanges offerts à Marcel Lutz, 1987, 67-76. 
exc/set/mid-3rd/usf
ets/stv/gft
A deposit at Bliesbruck was found to contain a total of seven vessels stamped or signed by the potter Clamosus, of whose work only one previous example had been found (and published by Oswald). The study of these vessels, and of the vessels found in the same deposit of L. At. At., an Eschweilerhof potter, shows that the figure-types of both potters have connections with Trier Workshop II production, and those of Clamosus also have connections with Rheinzabern products. These connections are not, however, considered sufficient evidence to suggest that Clamosus actually worked at any of these production centres, and it is proposed instead that his vessels may represent an as-yet unlocated East Gaulish workshop.

667 Schweitz, D, Toulier, C & B, Ferdière, A, Fehrnbach, X & Blanc, P-M, ‘L’atelier de potier de Mougon (Crouzilles, Indre-et- Loire)’, Revue Arch. du Centre Tome 25, Vol 1, 1986, 37-77.
exc/kln,ptp/mid lst+
lcl/amp
Résumé (translation RPS): "Excavations in 1979 at the Paviers factory... occasioned new archaeological discoveries on the potter’s manufacture at "Mougon". In addition to several observations which gave a better idea of the site topography, the principal find was a potter’s kiln, dated to the middle of the first century, AD, which produced coarse wares and amphorae (Dressel 2-4 and Gauloise 4): the evidence of this production brings to light the question of viticulture in Touraine. Appendices give archaeomagnetic dating of the kiln, petrological and chemical characterization of ceramic production, and palynological (geological) analysis".

668 Simpson, G, ‘Production céramique de Montans (Tarn) et masque de théâtre de Wilderspool dans le Cheshire’, Revue Arch. de l’Est et du Centre-Est Tome XXXVIII, fasc. 1-2, Mélanges offerts à Marcel Lutz, 1987, 251-255.
col/mil,ind,ptp/Domitian-c145/usf
tsg (Montans)/theatrical mask
A brief paper on some Montans sherds at Warrington museum, accompanied by a theatrical mask, all apparently found at Wilderspool (that provenance is given only in the title of the paper). It is suggested that the mask is typical of the orange- rose coloured wares of the kilns of Stockton Heath. Unfortunately it seems likely that the paper could have benefitted from a somewhat more sympathetic translation.

669 Symonds, R P, ‘La production de la sigillée a Colchester en Angleterre, et les liens avec les ateliers de la Gaule de l’Est: quelques résultats des analyses chimiques’, Revue Arch. de l’Est et du Centre-Est Tome XXXVIII, fasc. 1-2, Mélanges offerts I Marcel Lutz, 1987, 77-81. 

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