The author would like to thank the many individuals and institutions
consulted, for their advice and assistance. They are too numerous to list
here, but are named either in the body of the study or in Appendices 1 and
5. However, the staff of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust merit
especial mention for their hospitality and patience: the pottery analysts,
Miss Marion Green and Mr Nigel Macpherson-Grant, may be singled out for
their endeavours in this field of study. The following permitted
unpublished items to be drawn for inclusion in this work, and the author
is particularly indebted to them on this account: Mr J. Bradshaw; the late
Mr S. Harker; Dr F. Jenkins; Mr T.A. Jones; the Department of the
Environment; the British Museum; Maidstone Museum.
It is a pleasure to acknowledge the constant advice and
encouragement offered by Dr M. G. Fulford, whose guidance has been
invaluable; to Dr Fulford, and indeed to all of the staff of the
Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, the author is deeply
indebted. Misses J.
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Pulliblank and J. Fanshaw and Mrs. J. King are to be warmly congratulated on
producing typescripts from my cramped manuscripts with the greatest
patience. Thanks are due to the Kent Archaeological Society, and in
particular to the Society’s Honorary Editor, Dr A. P. Detsicas, for the
opportunity to publish my doctoral thesis in an abridged form. Finally, I
would like to thank my parents, Mr and Mrs. J. A. Pollard, and my friends,
in particular Ms W. Owen and Ms R. Wales, for their tolerance and
encouragement during the years of struggle.
The thesis was completed towards the end of 1982 and, but for
minor revisions made in early 1985, remains unamended. Account
should, therefore, be taken of the passage of time between writing and
publication, particularly with regard to references to work in progress in
the 1980s, and the sources of certain wares (e.g. ‘North Gaulish’
colour-coated ware, whose sources seem less assured in 1988 than they did in
1982 — R. Symonds, pers. comm.)
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