List of Romano-British pottery
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Romano-British Pottery was produced from the 1st through the 5th centuries AD in Britain, during the period of occupation by the Roman Empire.[1] Before the invasion of the Romans, pottery in Britain was handmade and fired in a bonfire. The Romans introduced the new technology of fast potters wheels and kilns for firing. The newer manufacturing methods resulted in a pottery that was different from the previous period's pottery. Wheel thrown pottery ceased to be produced after the End of Roman rule in Britain.[2] Romano-British pottery has a thinner, harder and smoother fabric than both Iron Age (800 BC–100 AD) and Anglo-Saxon pottery (500–1066 AD).[3]
List of Romano-British pottery
This is a partial list of Romano-British pottery.
| Pottery Name | Time period | Characteristics | Origin | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-burnished ware | 2nd to 4th centuries CE | Two classes of wares: I and II | Dorset area and Thames Estuary[4] | .jpg) |
| Crambeck Ware | 4th century AD | One of two main Romano-British pottery industries in Yorkshire | Crambeck, Yorkshire[5] |  |
| Dales ware | 3rd to 4th centuries AD | Used often as burial urns | South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire[6] |  |
| Hadham Red ware | 2nd to 4th centuries AD | Used often as burial urns | Cambridgeshire[3][7] | .jpg) |
| Huntcliff ware | 4th to early 5th centuries AD | Used often as burial urns | East Yorkshire[8] | .jpg) |
| Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware | 2nd to 4th centuries AD | Barbotine-type decoration | Lower Nene Valley[9] |  |
| Oxfordshire colour coated ware | 3rd to 4th centuries AD | Produced in Oxfordshire, distributed across Britain | East Anglia[10] | .jpg) |
| Vectis ware | 2nd to 5th centuries AD | Production began prior to Roman occupation | Isle of Wight[11] |  |