POTSHERD : Atlas of Roman Pottery
 
POTSHERD

Introduction
Tux, the Linux Penguin, and a Dressel 20 amphora
(NB: penguins are ‘not Roman’).

This is a collection of pages on pottery and ceramics in archaeology, principally of the Roman period (1st cent. BC - 5th cent. AD) in Britain and western Europe.
  • The pages include an introductory Atlas of Roman Pottery, containing descriptions and distribution maps of types of Roman pottery (particularly types found in Britain).
  • The pages of the Atlas describing the individual wares can be accessed through the main menu, which lists the wares by CLASS (table wares, cooking wares, transport amphoras etc) or SOURCE (by province of origin). Links to these indices will also be found in the main menu bar.

The future of Roman Pottery in Britain
  • The site includes a companion to Roman Pottery in Britain, a survey of pottery made or used in Britain during the Roman period published in 1996. The pages include an additional index of non-UK sites and a list of errata.
  • The first edition of Roman Pottery in Britain is now (November 2005) out of print. An expanded, updated and revised edition of the Atlas section is under development. It is intended that the printed volume will be accompanied by a CDROM holding additional pages, pages with colour images, and a database holding the data employed in the construction of the distribution maps.
    Further details are now available here.

Additional datasets
  • Central Gaulish granite-tempered wares: database, images etc to accompany paper published in the journal Nord-Ouest Archéologie 12 (2001). This ware includes some of the moulded-rim jars classified in French ceramic reports as le type Besançon.


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