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correct, it would correlate with west Kent dating rather than the slightly
earlier period of introduction deduced at Canterbury (see above). The
hypothesis of a temporal diffusion of this ware or the concept of its
production is attractive, but at present there is too little evidence to put
this model to the test.
BB1 from Dorset may have been imported to the central northern
region from the late third century onwards as part of the major expansion of
that industry’s trade in the south-east discussed above (4.IV.3), but
there is insufficient data to allow quantitative judgments to be made. Four
of the
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six BB1 vessels in the Ospringe cemetery (Whiting et al. 1931,
nos. 402, 462, 473, and 550) may be of third-century date, including
a mug dated to c. A.D. 140—300 in the north (Gillam 1970, Type 65),
and a jar (ibid., Type 146) of late third-century origin. BB1 is
also present at Brenley Corner, where the lack of diagnostic fourth-century
wares suggests that the vessel concerned (ibid., Type 329) was
imported in the late second to third century. A second jar of late
third-century-plus form has been recovered from the Upchurch Marshes (ibid.,
Type
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