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ware flagons (see Fig. 18 and Appendix 3), and the
apparently late introduction of flagons to the range of forms produced in
grog-tempered ware in east Kent (Pollard forthcoming, d), provide,
negative evidence in support of the hypothesis that wine was a little-used
commodity in pre-Conquest Kent. The amphorae from Canterbury have been
studied by Paul Arthur (1986): it will be of interest to learn whether
there was a significant increase in the importation of wine-amphorae in
the mid-first century A.D. coincident with the introduction of flagons in
large numbers to the city. Further study of amphorae, from rural sites,
would be required to follow up such an observation, and might have
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an enlightening role to play in the study of trade
between town and country in the Roman period.
II. THE MID-FLAVIAN TO TRAJANIC PERIOD, c. A.D.
75-120
1. The Fine Wares
This period witnessed the burgeoning of several fine ware industries in
south-eastern Britain, the most important of which in quantitative terms
were, for Kent at least, the fine grey ware producers. Other wares
encountered with lesser frequency include fine oxidised, painted,
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