Roman Pottery Bibliograhpy - Introduction

Study Group for Roman Pottery (SGRP) SGRP Homepage These webpages are designed to be viewed with the screen resolution set at 800 x 600 and text size at normal. HOW TO Journal of Roman Pottery Studies Volume 4, 1991 Edited by Rob Perrin Roman Pottery Bibliography Edited by R. P. Symonds cont'd Page 95
For site & location details, see entry no. 761. cts/ets North Humberside Sally Stow 764 Crowther, D & Didsbuiy, P. ‘Redcliff and the Humber’, in Price, J & Wilson, P R (eds), with C S Briggs and S J Hardman, Recent Research in Roman Yorkshire, Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser 193, 1988, (3-20), 9, 11-15 & 17. exc,wbf/set/lst, esp. Claudian-Neronian/usf arr/btb/gab/rst/tsg/tng/trb The site lies just west of North Ferriby village and is usually referred to by that name. The pottery is not illustrated, but there is a useful reference to V Rigby’s comparison between the Gallo-Belgic wares from Old Winteringham and North Ferriby in Stead, I M, 1976, 133-135 (Excavations at Winterton Roman Villa and other Roman Sites in North Lincolnshire; cf JRPS 3, entry nos. 471 & 474). Leicestershire Richard Pollard 765 Pollard, R I, ‘The Iron Age and Roman Pottery’, in Sharman, J & Sawday, D, ‘An archaeological evaluation in the outer bailey of Oakham Castle (SK862089)’, Trans Leicestershire Archaeol Hut Soc, Vol. 64, 1990, (88-95), 94. exc/rur/middle & late Iron Age & Roman (no close dating possible) gry/ira/shg/wht Location: Jewry Wall Museum, Acc. No. A31.1989 Lincolnshire Maggi Darling 766 Darling, M J & Jones, M J, ‘Early Settlement at Lincoln’, Britannia, Vol 19, 1988, (1-57), 9-37 & 46-50. exc/njc,mil/lst BC-late lst,early 2nd AD/typ amp/blg/btb/ccc/esh/grf/gro/hft/ira/lcn/llm/lls/lcg/lom/lox/lyc/ ppr/mf/rst/sts/ass/tng/Painted ware/sW (on coarse ware) This report publishes an important small group of Iron Age to early Roman pottery, the first evidence for Iron Age occupation in the immediate environs of Lincoln. Since the Iron Age pottery was extensively disturbed by later occupation, it is published in groups according to the certainty of identification as Iron Age rather than early Roman (61 illustrations). The identifiably early Roman pottery was similarly disturbed, and is published as a type series (53 illustrations). These groups are supplemented by a selection of mid 1st century vessels of Iron Age type from a site adjacent to the west defences of the fortress, one vessel being an import from the North Bucks/Northants area (7 illustrations). The only quantification feasible due to the small size and nature of the groups, particularly quantities of shell-tempered wares, was sherd count which is used to illustrate the changing assemblages over the initial phases of the site occupation. All vessels are catalogued fully with fabric descriptions and site contexts to relate them to the excavation section in the report. All the South Gaulish samian is fully reported with sherd count and weight by context. Norfolk Maggi Darling 767 Gurney, D, ‘The Romano-British Villa and Bath-house at Little Oulsham Drove, Feitwell; Excavations by Ernest Greenfield, 1962 and 1964’, in Gurney, D (ed), Settlement, Religion and Industry on the Roman Fen-edge, Norfolk, E Anglian Archaeol, Vol 31, 1986, (1-48), 25-42. exc/vil/3rd-2nd BC & 4th AD cts/gry/hax/ira/mnv/nvc/nvg/shg/ass		There are only 14 illustrations, from a small group with a minimum vessel count of 25 vessels. 768 Gurney, D, ‘Leylands Farm, Hockwood cum Wilton; Excavations by Charles Green, 1957’, in Gurney, D (ed), Settlement, Religion and Industry on the Roman Fen-edge, Norfolk, E Anglian Archaeol, Vol. 31, 1986, (49-92), 74-84. exc/rel/mid lst-4th, mostly 3rd-4th cts/esm/ets/gry/hax/lnm/mvs/mnv/nvc/occ/oxm/orc/osd/rhn/rnf/ shg/sts/ass/waw/wht 75 vessels are illustrated by stratified groups. The report includes pie-charts showing the relative amounts of the main fabric groups calculated from the minimum no. of vessels data for Hockwold, and compared with Feltwell and Denver (in the same volume; here, entry nos 767 & 769), accompanied by a full discussion. This material is from the site of the find of priestly headgear, the Wilton ‘crown and diadems’. 769 Gurney, D, ‘A Salt-Production Site at Denver, Excavations by Charles Green, 1960’, in Gurney, D (ed), Settlement, Religion and Industry on the Roman Fen-edge, Norfolk, E Anglian Archaeol, Vol. 31, 1986, (93-146), 110-133. exc/ind/lst, main activity late 2nd-early 3rd-mid 4th? cts/esm/ets/fcp/gry/hax/lnm/mhm/mvs/mnv?/nvc/nvg/nvs/osd/ rhn/shg/sts/ass (stamp)/waw/bri A total of approximately 109kg is reported on, including specialist wares. The catalogue and 176 illustrations are by stratified group. The same pie-charts of proportions of fabric groups are presented as appear in the Hockwold report in the same volume (entry no. 768), based on minimum numbers of vessels. There is also a full catalogue and illustrations of the briquetage. Northamptonshire JR Perrin 770 Jackson, D & Dix, B, ‘Late Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement at Weekley, Northamptonshire’, Northamptonshire Archaeol, 21, 1986/7, 1-90. exc,syn/rrs,ptp/kln/2nd BC-2nd AD blg/grc/esh/gro/ira/tsg This is a very important site, both locally and regionally. Unfortunately the indiscriminate and disorganised use of microfiche makes the report difficult to use and almost prevents the realisation of its full potential, as well as the presentation here of full details. The published section could also have been better arranged. The report covers the excavations of 1970-71 and 1975-78. The pottery report contains contributions from H Pengelly, B Dickinson, P Aird, P Foster, D F Williams and R Rattray, although some of these appear in microfiche only. The excavations uncovered some Iron Age bonfire kilns and 14 Romano-British kilns of mid-late 1st century date. These were apparently used to fire storage jars, channel-rim jars and carinated and corrugated vessels, including Gallo-Belgic types. 11 of these pots are illustrated, but their descriptions are on microfiche! There is an Appendix (!) on the ‘Ceramic Succession’, largely the work of P Aird and P Foster. Three phases are defined, 1) late Iron Age; 2) early-mid 1st century (from the conquest to the last quarter of the 1st); and 3) later lst-2nd. The pottery fabrics, forms and decorations are considered for each phase and over 150 vessels are illustrated. There is an additional section on the La Tène style decorated pottery (366 sherds) with a distribution map showing the

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