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Journal of Roman Pottery Studies    Volume 4, 1991  Edited by Rob Perrin
Roman Pottery Bibliography Edited by  R. P. Symonds cont'd  Page 103

on the surface of a 3rd century floor. 2: ‘Spindle-whorls’ in
‘Belgic’ fine and coarse wares, 188-9, fig 67.30-2. Roman white-slip ware, mid-to-late 1st. 3: Counter from an amphora frag., 189, fig 67.33. 4: ‘Belgic’ tile frags. used for floors of hearths, 189, fig 68.34- 5. In early-mid 1st ‘Belgic’ sunken huts.
   (477) Garrard, P, ‘Objects of Fired Clay’ (from No. 15A Dane John), in JRPS  3, entry no. 477, 325. 1: Two spindle-whorls in Roman grog- tempered ware (catalogue nos. 48 & 49).
   (484) Meates, G W, ‘Spindle Whorls’, in JRPS 3, entry no. 484,59. 1: Five pottery examples including samian; one sandstone, three chalk (bone catalogued separately).
   (484) Pollard, R J, ‘The Other Roman Pottery’, in JRPS  3, entry no. 484, 164-302. 1: Discs, occur in 17 pottery fabrics and tile; 38 discs identified by Meates and described by Pollard, 280-1. 2: Lamp, 274, fig 86, no. 406. Of British manufacture, in fine oxidised ware, Loesthke Type IX or X (identified by D Bailey). 3: Others, 272-4, fig 86. Including a ‘flower pot’ (no. 400), crucibles (nos. 4(72-3), tubular elbow-shaped objects possibly past of an unusual triple-vase (no. 404), and a ‘chimney’ (?roof finial or lamp-chimney) in red-brown terracotta (no. 405).
   (501) Clay, P N, ‘The Small Finds’, in JRPS 3, entry no. 501,64-72. 1: ‘Fragment of pipeclay figurine’, 68 & 70, fig 39.21. From Site 1, late 1st AD.

Scientific analysis
Richard Pollard
  
Editor’s note: What follows is essentially an introduction to this new section of the Bibliography on scientific analysis, being a résumé of recent papers in Archaeometry and the Journal of Archaeological Science which might have some relevance to students of Roman pottery. In next year’s Bibliography and thereafter we hope to present more detailed entries for the most recent publications. Insofar as these entries are concerned, we refer readers to the abstracts which are published at the beginning of each volume of Archaeometry, and at the beginning of each paper in J Archaeol Sci.
  
875 Adan-Bayewitz, D & Penman, I, ‘Local pottery provenance studies: a role for clay analysis’, Archaeometry, Vol. 27 (2), 1985, 203- 217.
   876 Aitken, M J, ‘Luminescence dating: a guide for non-specialists’, Archaeometry, Vol 31(2), 1989, 147-159.
   877 Ballié, P J & Stern, W B, ‘Non-destructive surface analysis of Roman Terra sigillata: a possible tool in provenance studies?’, Archaeometry, Vol. 26 (1), 1984, 62-68.
    878 Blasius, E, Wagner, H, Braun, H, Krumbholz, R & Schwaitz, B, ‘Tile fragments as characteristic evidence for ancient Roman settlements’, Archaeometry, Vol 25 (2), 1983, 165-178.
   879 Cabral, J M P. Gouveia, M A, Alarcao, A M & Alarcao, J, ‘Neutron Activation Analysis of Fine Grey Pottery from Conimbriga, Santa Olaia and Tavarede, Portugal’, J Archaeol Sci, Vol 10 (1), 1983, 61-70.
   880 Carr, C, ‘Advances in Ceramic Radiography and Analysis:
Applications and Potential’, J Archaeol Sci, Vol 17 (1), 1990, 13-34.

   881 Carr, C & Riddick, E B, Jnr, ‘Advances in Ceramic Radiography and Analysis: Laboratory Methods’, .1 Archaeol Sci, Vol 17 (1), 1990, 35-66.
   882 Carver, M O H, ‘Theory and Practice in Urban Pottery Seriation’, J Archaeol Sci, VoL 12 (5), 1985, 353-366.
  
883 Clark, A J, Tarling, D H & Noël, M, ‘Developments in Archaeomagnetic Dating in Britain’, I Archaeol Sci, Vol. 15 (6), 1988, 645-667.
   884 Cox, G A & Pollard, A M. ‘Computer Programmes for the Correction of Matrix Effects in the XRF Analysis of Glass, Ceramics and Related Silicate Systems’, J Archaeol Sci, Vol. 8 (2), 1981, 121-131.
   885 Franklin, U M & Vitali, V, ‘The environmental stability of ancient ceramics’, Archaeometry, Vol. 27 (1), 1985, 3-15.
  
886 Freestone, I C, ‘Applications and potential of electron probe micro-analysis for technological and provenance investigations of ancient ceramics’, Archaeometry, Vol 24 (2), 1982,99-116.
    887 Gillies, K J S & Urch, D 5, ‘Spectroscopic studies of iron and carbon in black surfaced wares’, Archaeometry, VoL 25 (1), 1983, 29-44.
    888 Graham, I, ‘Spectral Analysis and Distance Methods in the Study of Archaeological Distributions’, J Archaeol Sci, Vol. 7 (2), 1980, 105-129.
    889 Haigh, J G B & Kelly, M A, ‘Contouring Techniques for Archaeological Distributions’, I Archaeol Sci, Vol. 14 (3), 1987, 23 1-241.
   890 Hancock, R G V, ‘On the source of clay used for Cologne Roman pottery’, Archaeometry, Vol. 26 (2), 1984, 210-217.
   891 Hancock, R G V, ‘Neutron activation analysis of ceramics:
problems with titanium and calcium’, Archaeometry, Vol.27
(1), 1985, 94-101.
    892 Hart, F A & Adams, S J, ‘The chemical analysis of Romano-British pottery from the Alice Holt Forest, Hampshire, by means of inductively-coupled plasma emission spectrometry’, Archaeometry, Vol 25 (2), 1983, 179-185.
    893 Hart, F A, Storey, I M V, Adams, S I, Symonds, R P & Walsh, J N, ‘An Analytical Study, Using Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Spectrometry, of Samian and Colour-coated Wares from the Roman Town at Colchester together with Related Continental Samian Wares’, J Archaeol Sci, Vol 14 (6), 1987, 577-598.
    894 Hatcher, H, Hedges, R E M, Pollard, A M & Kenrick, P M, ‘Analysis of Hellenistic & Roman Fine Pottery from Benghazi’, Archaeometry, Vol. 22 (2), 1980, 133-151.
    895 Review of Hietala, H J (ed), Intrasite Spatial Analysis in Archaeology (Cambridge University Press, 1984), by Carr, C, J Archaeol Sci, Vol. 13 (6), 1986, 598-600.
    896 Review of Hughes, M J (ed), Scientific Studies in Ancient Ceramics (Brit Mus Occ Paper 19, 1981), by Peacock, D P S, J Archaeol Sci, Vol 9 (1), 1982, 109.
    897 Johnson, J S, Clark, I, Miller-Antonio, 5, Rubins, D, Schiffer, M B & Skibo, I M, ‘Effects of Firing Temperature in the Fate

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