Ceramic Petrology and the Study of Anglo-Saxon and Later Medieval Ceramics

Bibliographic Data

ID9401939
AuthorsAlan Vince (corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume49
Issue1
Pages219-245
Publication date2005-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedieval Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0076-6097 • E-ISSN: 1745-817X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/007660905x54099
OpenAlexW2037854085
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited6

A SURVEY of archaeological ceramic thin sections held by institutions and individuals in the United Kingdom was undertaken in the early 1990s by the City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit and funded by English Heritage. Over 6,000 thin sections of Anglo-Saxon or medieval date (or reports on their analysis) were located. For the Middle to Late Anglo-Saxon and the post-Conquest Periods, these studies have confirmed that pottery production was carried out in a limited number of centres and that most pottery, including handmade coarsewares, was therefore produced for trade. The distances over which pottery was carried vary from period to period but were actually as high or higher in the Middle to Late Anglo-Saxon Period as in the 13th to 14h centuries. However, for the Early Anglo-Saxon Period (and the Middle Anglo-Saxon Period outside of eastern England) the evidence of ceramic petrology is equivocal and requires more study. These 6,000–odd thin sections represent a resource which could be used for various future studies, some of which are discussed here, and as an aid to their further use a database containing information on the sampled ceramics, their location and publications of their analyses will be published online through Internet Archaeology

Ancient history · Anglo saxon · Archaeology · Art · CONQUEST · Middle Ages · Period (music · Pottery · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History

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