Journal of Roman Pottery Studies

by Buckland, P. C.; Hartley, K. F.; Rigby, V.

• ISBN13: 9781842170496
• ISBN10: 184217049X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Ltd

Summary

This volume contains the long-awaited Rossington Bridge report. Rossington Bridge lies next to the Roman road between Doncaster and Lincoln. Excavations between 1956-1961 discovered eight pottery kilns, a site of considerable significance. The kilns and material from the waster heaps excavated lie on a site with at least fifteen other unexcavated kilns and ancillary structures lying either side of the Roman road. The bulk of the finds clearly belong to the main period of activity on the site during the mid-2nd century when the mortarium potter Sarrius and his associates were involved in the production of mortaria, 'parisian' fine wares, black-burnished and grey wares intended for the military markets on the Northern frontier.

Table of Contents

Abstract	vii
Excavations at Rossington Bridge 1956-19
Introduction	1	(4)
Rossington Bridge Pumping Station	5	(8)
The Kilns	5	(4)
Kiln 1	5	(2)
Kiln 2	7	(1)
Kiln 3	7	(1)
Kilns 4 & 5	7	(1)
Kiln 4	7	(2)
Kiln 5	9	(1)
Kiln 6	9	(1)
Clamp	9	(1)
Other features	9	(1)
Rossington Bridge Pumping Station Stratigraphy	10	(2)
Proton magnetometer survey	12	(1)
Rossington Bridge Farm	13	(2)
Introduction	13	(1)
Kiln 1	13	(1)
Kiln 2	13	(1)
Discussion	14	(1)
Archaeomagnetic Measurements	15	(1)
M. J. Aitken
G. H. Weuver
The Coins	15	(1)
S. Esmonde Cleary
An Intaglio	16	(1)
Martin Henig
Small Finds	16	(11)
Glenys Lloyd Morgan
Textile Impression	27	(1)
J. P. Wild
Objects of Stone	27	(5)
'Roman' Coals	32	(2)
E. Bradburn
Glass vessels	34	(1)
Objects of Fired Clay	34	(1)
The Pottery	35	(1)
Rim counts of material from Rossington Bridge	35	(1)
J. Samuels
Samian ware	36	(3)
B. Dickinson
Mortaria	39	(8)
K. F. Hartly
Discussion: Sarrius, Setibogius and Secunda	45	(2)
Black burnished ware production	47	(8)
Dishes (Type B)	49	(1)
Lipped bowls (Type C(a))	50	(1)
Bowls with grooved lip and straight-sided flanged bowls (Types C(b) and C(c))	51	(3)
Segmental flanged bowls (Type C(e))	54	(1)
Other bowls (Type C(f)	54	(1)
Relief decorated pottery	55	(25)
V. Rigby
The stamped wares - Parisian Ware	55	(5)
Roller-stamped wares	60	(1)
Barbotine decoration	61	(4)
Parisian ware vessels, plain and decorated	61	(4)
Beakers in other fabrics (Type D)	65	(1)
Jars with rusticated decoration	65	(1)
Medium sized cooking pots/jars (Type E(a))	66	(3)
Lid-seated jars (Type E(b))	69	(1)
Large jars (Type F)	69	(1)
Flagons (Type G(a))	69	(1)
Narrow-necked jars (Type G(b))	70	(1)
Colanders (Type H(a))	70	(2)
Shoulder bowls/wide-mouthed jars (Type H(b))	72	(1)
Medium-sized and large bowls (TypeH(c)-(d))	72	(1)
Cheese presses (Type J)	73	(3)
Samian imitations (Type K)	76	(1)
Lids (Type L)	76	(1)
Miscellaneous forms (Type M)	76	(1)
Non-local vessels	76	(4)
The Animal Bones	80	(2)
Gillian Crawley
The Human Bones	82	(1)
The Plant Remains	82	(1)
Rossington Bridge Farm	82	(5)
The Pottery	84	(2)
Discussion	86	(1)
The nature of the industry: slaves, freedmen or independent potters?	87	(1)
Conclusion	87	(2)
Acknowledgments	89	(2)
Appendix 1: Objects reported to Doncaster Museum	91	(1)
T. O'Connor
References	92