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                                                 The Roman Pottery of Kent by Dr Richard J. Pollard
Doctoral thesis completed in 1982, published 1988

R.J. Pollard (1988) 28 x 22 cm, pp. xxxviii + 247, figs 69, full colour jacket, cased
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Title page - iii,    ISBN etc iv,      List of Figures ix,       A Note on the Pottery Illustrations xi,
Acknowledgments xiii,     Abbreviations xiv,     Bibliography xv-xxxiii

CHAPTER 1: Objectives
   I.  The study of Romano-British pottery: Background 
   II. The Aims of the Study

CHAPTER 2: Problems and Methods
   I.   The selection of a study region
   II.  The selection of sites and assemblages for analysis
   III. Site classification
   IV. Analysis of the pottery 
         1. Fabric analysis 
         2. Formal analysis 
         3. Quantification 
         4. ‘Fine’ and ‘Coarse’ wares 
   V. Interpretation 
         1. Single assemblages 
         2. Inter-assemblage comparison 
   VI. The demonstration of spatial trends 

CHAPTER 3: The Late Iron Age
   I.   Introduction
   II. The pottery of the ‘Aylesford-Swarling Culture’
   III. Pottery style-zones in late Iron Age Kent
   IV. Imported pottery in late Iron Age Kent, and the isolation of the latest indigenous wares

CHAPTER 4: Pottery of the Roman Period in Kent
   Introduction
   I.     The Pre-Flavian to early Flavian Period, c. A.D. 43—75
          1. The fine wares
          2. The coarse wares of west Kent
          3. The coarse wares of east Kent
          4. The coarse wares of central-northern Kent 
          5. The significance of the Claudian conquest for pottery studies in Kent
   II.   The mid-Flavian to Trajanic Period, c. A.D. 75—120
          1. The fine wares 
          2. The coarse wares of west Kent 
          3. The coarse wares of east Kent 
          4. The coarse wares of central-northern Kent 
   III.   The Hadrianic to Severan Period, c. A.D. 120—220 
           1. The fine wares 
           2. The coarse wares of west Kent 
           3. The coarse wares of east Kent 
           4. The coarse wares of central-northern Kent 
   IV.   Severus Alexander to the Britannic Empire, c. A.D. 220—300 .
           1. The fine wares
           2. The coarse wares of west Kent 
           3. The coarse wares of east Kent 
           4. The coarse wares of central-northern Kent
   V.   The fourth and early fifth centuries
           1. The fine wares 
           2. The coarse wares of west Kent 
           3. The coarse wares of east Kent 
           4. The coarse wares of central-northern Kent
   VI.   The end of roman pottery in Kent

CHAPTER 5: The Production of Pottery in Kent: History
   I.      Introduction
   II.    The pottery industry of north Kent: Thameside, the Cliffe peninsula and the Medway marshes
           1. Background 
           2. Origins 
           3. Developments in the second century
           4. Diversification and decline: from the late second century onwards
III.      The Canterbury pottery industry 
           1. Introduction
           2. Origins
           3. Expansion and standardisation: the Flavian to early Antonine period .
           4. The decline of the Canterbury industry in the second half of the second century  . .
IV.      Other production sites
           1. Known kilns 
           2. Sites suggested by wasters
           3. Areas of production suggested by distributions of wares

CHAPTER 6: The Production of Pottery in Kent: Aspects of Organisation
   I.      Modes of production 
   II.     Household production 
   III.    Household industries 
            1. Known kilns 
            2. Postulated household industries: regional traders 
   IV.    Individual workshops 
            1. Kiln sites within nucleations 
            2. Isolated kiln sites 
   V.     Nucleated workshops 
            1. The Thames-Medway Industry 
            2. Canterbury 
   VI.    Estate production 
            1. Otford 
            2. Eccles 
            3. Other estates 
   VII.   Relationships between potteries in Kent and beyond: stylistic considerations
   VIII. The migration of potters: itinerancy and single movements . .
   IX.    The association of pottery production with other industries . .
            1. Brick and tile manufacture
            2. The salt industry 
            3. Other industries 
   X.     Relationships between producer and consumer 

CHAPTER 7: Conclusions 

APPENDIX 1: The Sites 
   I.      Sites studied at first hand 
   II.     Sites studied through publications, within the main study area 
   III.    Major sites outside of the main study area. 

APPENDIX 2: The Fabrics: date-ranges; regions within study area;  
                                                                                    references to description and discussion
   I.       Fine wares 
   II.      Coarse wares 
   III.     Mortaria 

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APPENDIX 3: The Fabrics: Corpora of known examples within the main study area
   I.       Fine wares
   II.      Coarse wares 
   III.     Mortaria 

APPENDIX 4: Key to Sources of Roman Pottery in Kent (Figs. 54—68) .
   I.       Continental sources 
   II.      British sources 

APPENDIX 5: Quantification Tables 
   I.       Introduction 
   II.      First century A.D. 
   III.     First to mid-second century A.D.
   IV.     Late first to second century AD.
   V.      Mid-second to mid-third century A.D.
   VI.     Third century A.D.
   VII.   Third to early fifth century A.D.
   VIII.  Fourth to early fifth century A.D.
   IX.    Mixed deposits 

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