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discovery. However, the absence of oblique 'furrowed'
decoration on west Kent pottery (Fig. 20) provides convincing evidence of
regionalisation in pottery styles in late Iron Age Kent. This style (nos. 25,
27-29) was executed on various jar forms in the east, whereas
in the west jars were either plain of surface or given horizontal 'furrowed'
(rilled) decoration (nos. 1, 2), usually in a wide band. Pre-Conquest
copies of Gallo-Belgic and Central Gaulish Terra Nigra and Terra
Rubra platters appear also to be confined almost exclusively to the
eastern half of the county. Camulodunum 21/22 (Hawkes and Hull 1947, no.
32) is not uncommon at Canterbury in probable pre-Conquest deposits (e.g.
Frere 1954, nos. 40-3, 50; Pollard forthcoming, d, nos. 19, 20, 28), and
occurs also at Wye, and at Birchington Minnis Bay (Well 30). It is absent
from west Kent, although its imported progenitor, Camulodunum 1, occurs at
Bexley (Caiger 1958, no. 4). A generally pre-Claudian date for Camulodunum
21/22 is ascribed by Thompson (1982, forms G1-1/2, 440-447). Flagons
tempered with grog and/or organic matter (nos. 35-38 here) are
also confined to eastern Kent, but may have post-Conquest origins (4.1
below).
The distribution of certain fabrics supports that of forms
and motifs in the discernment of what are in effect 'style-zones' (cf.
Cunliffe 1978). Independent studies by Thompson (1982, 7-15) and
the present author (1983a, 57-62) have revealed some patterning
in fabric distributions in Kent. Flint-tempering is found in the Medway
valley and eastern Kent in 'Belgic' and 'Gallo-Belgic' forms (e.g.
Pollard forthcoming, d, nos. 2, 5, 26, 72, 135, 145) and may be a
phenomenon primarily of the earlier 'Aylesford-Swarling' period at
Canterbury and elsewhere in east Kent, following a long tradition of
potting with flint grit (cf. Macpherson-Grant 1980). The Medway valley
itself is the focus for a group of sites with glauconite-rich fabrics
employed for 'Belgic' forms. Such fabrics are a feature of 'foot-ring'
bowls antedating the 'Belgic' period for the most part (Drury 1978,
Form 13; Drury and Rodwell 1973, 53),
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and have been subjected to a thin-sectioning programme whose
results reveal several potential sources in Kent (Peacock and Williams, in
Drury 1978, 58). Find-spots of 'Belgic' glauconite-rich fabrics include
Quarry Wood, Loose (Kelly 1971: nos. 4-7, 9-11, 18, 19, 23-25, 31, are
in these fabrics), Teston (Ocock 1974, nos. 1, 2), and Rochester (see
below). Several other sites are listed by Thompson (1982, 11-12). Shelly
wares appear to be particularly characteristic of later first century B.C.
to late first century A.D. contexts in west Kent, and also in southern Essex
(e.g. Philp 1973, 61 - Keston Lower
Warbank, and 71- West Wickham North Pole Lane; Drury and Rodwell 1973,
phases 3-5a; 4.1 below; Thompson 1982, 7). Diagnostic 'Belgic' vessels
are uncommon in shelly wares in these areas, unless one includes simple,
utilitarian bead-rim jars and necked storage jars; the cordoned bowl from
Greenhithe (Detsicas 1966, no. 48) is exceptional. A ceramic zone where
sand-tempering is common has been postulated in south-east Kent, around Deal
and Folkestone (Thompson 1982, 14-15), and fine sandy fabrics in 'Belgic'
forms are known from Canterbury and Birchington Minnis Bay (Pollard
forthcoming, d; no. 89). Vessels with mixed temper are found on occasion
throughout Kent (e.g. Pollard forthcoming, d, no. 145; id., 1987,
Fabrics 67-70; Ocock 1974, nos. 3 and 4, in a 'grog-and-sand' fabric).
Grog was the temper in most widespread use for 'Belgic' forms both in
Kent, and more generally throughout south-east Britain. Its distribution
spreads beyond the area studied by Thompson (1982, 6), to include Leicester
(Pollard forthcoming, f), and the 'Belgic' derivatives found on the
fringes of East Sussex in the local grogged 'East Sussex Ware' (Green
1980; Pollard forthcoming, c). Grog-tempered wares in west Kent include
vessels whose uncomplicated forms may not be thought of as distinctively 'Belgic'
in style (e.g. Lullingstone Fabric 74: Pollard 1987). Maps plotting the
distribution of 'Belgic' vessels in fabrics other than grog-
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