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South
Gaul :
Journal of Roman Pottery
Studies
Vol 2, 1989 page 126
389 Simpson, G,
‘Early South-Gaulish Dr. 29 in East Anglia’, Rei
Cretariae Romanae Fautores, Acta XXI/XXII, 1982, 17-20.
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sts
A short note on 11 sherds of pre-Boudiccan South Gaulish
mould-decorated samian from sites in Norfolk and Suffolk.
These may be used to suggest earlier military occupation,
particulaly at Caistor-by-Norwich, than was realised when the
sherds from there were excavated (1929).
Journal of Roman Pottery
Studies
Vol 3, 1990 page 109
617 Ettlinger,
E, ‘How was Arretine Ware sold?’, Rei Cretariae Romanae
Fautores, Acta XXV/XXVI, 1987, 5-19.
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arr
An imaginative (but realistic!) view of how trade in Arretine
ware was developed with the expansion of the Empire to the
north. While our knowledge from other sources is relatively
slim, the study of the distribution and chronology of the wares
and the stamps can used remarkably effectively to show the
relative independence of particular potters, in terms of their
marketing methods. That some obviously sold only to local
markets, while others sold to long-distance merchants, can be
seen through their comparative distributions, which tended to be
either fairly scattered, in Italy and southern Gaul. or
concentrated, in northern Gaul and Germany. This is an important
paper for all students of marketing and trade.
Journal of Roman Pottery
Studies
Vol 4, 1991 page 107
948 Bet, Ph &
Montineri, D, 'La céramique sigillée moulée
Tibéro-Claudienne du site de la Z.A.C. de 1'Enclos à Lezoux', SFECAG,
Actes du Congrés de Lezoux, 1989, 55-69.
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cts/stv (samian)
A new series if figure-types, plus a few stamps, from the early
production of samian at Lezoux. One of the stamps is of the
potter RVTENOS, who is perhaps (on account of his name) an
immigrant from South Gaul.
Journal of Roman Pottery
Studies
Vol 4, 1991 page 110
•969 Guery, R, 'La terre
sigillée en Gaule', J Roman Archaeol, VoL 3, 1990,
361-375.
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cts/ets/sts
This is a review article based on Jacob & Bémont 1986 (JRPS
2, entry no. 374) which attempts to draw the more general
conclusions which lay outside the brief of that work. The map
(p367) fills a gap in Jacob & Bémont as well as emphasising
the considerable diffusion of production centres — a feature
of the industry not so obvious from this side of the channel.
The section on organisation includes the important point that
production of poinçons, moulds and finished bowls need not
necessarily have been (and indeed in some cases clearly was not)
in the same hands. The significance of this, particularly for
the study and reporting of South Gaulish samian, deserves some
thought
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Journal
of Roman Pottery Studies
Vol 5, 1992 pages 155
1248 Vertet, H, 'Observations sur la
sociologie et 1'économie des ateliers de potiers gallo-romains
du centre de la Gaule', SFECAG, Actes du Congrès de Cognac, 1991,
185-191.
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gft
This is a thoughtful examination of the development of the
pottery industries in Gaul - Central Gaul in particular - and on
the social and economic status of the potters. The installation
of the industries in South Gaul, Central Gaul and Lyon in the
early 1st century were all deliberate acts, requiring
substantial capital investments, at places where there was
little or no previous tradition of pottery production. A similar
sort of investment was also needed in Central Gaul in the early
2nd century, when the potters began using a calcareous clay and
the industry was re-organised. Vertet suggests that the initial
investments must have been undertaken by Romans directly, while
the later investments may have come from wealthy Gauls. In
either case, however, the potters themselves were relatively
poor, although not slaves - Vertet quotes Finley, who speaks of
peasants who were "neither slaves nor free men". It is
also worth noting Vertet's complaint (in footnote 2) that this
is a subject which is no longer receiving the attention it
deserves: some thirty years ago the CNRS created three posts to
cover the production centres of South, Central and East Gaul,
respectively; two of the three original occupants are now
retired, and have not been replaced.
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