Prehistoric Britain

by Woodward, Ann; Hill, J. D.

• ISBN13: 9781842170717
• ISBN10: 1842170716
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Ltd

Summary

Although based on research from the British Isles, this book suggests exciting new ways of looking at ceramics, which will be of relevance to all archaeologists.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction	p. 1
A Date with the Past: Late Bronze and Iron Age Pottery and Chronology	p. 4
The Nature of Archaeological Deposits and Finds Assemblages	p. 22
Aspects of Manufacture and Ceramic Technology	p. 34
Between Ritual and Routine: Interpreting British Prehistoric Pottery Production and Distribution	p. 38
Staying Alive: The Function and Use of Prehistoric Ceramics	p. 54
Sherds in Space: Pottery and the Analysis of Site Organisation	p. 62
Pottery and the Expression of Society, Economy and Culture	p. 75
Ceramic Lives	p. 85
Pots as Categories: British Beakers	p. 96
Inclusions, Impressions and Interpretation	p. 106
A Regional Ceramic Sequence: Pottery of the First Millennium BC between the Humber and the Nene	p. 119
Just About the Potter's Wheel? Using, Making and Depositing Middle and Later Iron Age Pots in East Anglia	p. 143
Roman Pottery in Iron Age Britain	p. 161
Bibliography	p. 173
Contributors	p. 196
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