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Continental Potters? First-Century Roman Flagon Production at Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2016

Katie Anderson ,
Tom Woolhouse ,
Kayt Marter-Brown  and
Patrick Quinn
Katie Anderson
Affiliation:
Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd kanderson@pre-construct.com twoolhouse@pre-construct.com k.marterbrown@gmail.com patrick.quinn@ucl.ac.uk
Tom Woolhouse
Affiliation:
Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd kanderson@pre-construct.com twoolhouse@pre-construct.com k.marterbrown@gmail.com patrick.quinn@ucl.ac.uk
Kayt Marter-Brown
Affiliation:
Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd kanderson@pre-construct.com twoolhouse@pre-construct.com k.marterbrown@gmail.com patrick.quinn@ucl.ac.uk
Patrick Quinn
Affiliation:
Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd kanderson@pre-construct.com twoolhouse@pre-construct.com k.marterbrown@gmail.com patrick.quinn@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

Excavations in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, in 2013, revealed six early Roman (a.d. 50–80) pottery kilns. The kilns were used for the production of flagons, specifically collared and ring-necked varieties. Flagons are generally scarce in contemporary domestic assemblages in Cambridgeshire, often only occurring in ‘special’ contexts, such as burials, while collared flagons are closely associated with military consumption. The excavations also produced a large, significant assemblage of perforated kiln plates. The technology and repertoire of vessels suggest that manufacture was conducted by non-local potters for a specialist market. The site forms part of a group of other early Roman kiln sites in the Cambridge environs and adds to the growing picture of pottery production in the decades following the Roman Conquest.

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early Roman CambridgeshireDuxfordkilnsRoman potteryflagonscontinental linksRoman armymilitary supply
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Britannia , Volume 47 , November 2016 , pp. 43 - 69
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2016. Published by The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 

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