| Korte inhoud: | This booklet in the series of reports of the Institute for
the Flemish Heritage (VIOE, former IAP) about Roman
Pottery, is meant to serve as a practical handbook for
field archaeologists in Flanders wanting to study their
pottery beyond simple typology. The contents are
based on pottery research from Tongeren and Tienen,
extended by evidence from the rest of Flanders. The
first outlines of a reference collection for Flanders were
formed while studying the mortaria from the vicus of
Tienen in 1999-2000. This process would not have been
possible without the help and knowledge of R. Brulet,
Fabienne Vilvorder and their colleagues at CRAN
(Université Catholique de Louvain) and my colleagues
at the Institute as well as the other Flemish and Dutch
archaeologists whose co-operation was indispensable
for the building up of the collection.
This first volume deals with part of the reference
collection, namely the mortaria and the coarse wares.
The essence of this work is formed by the photographs
of the fabrics and of the pots themselves, trying to give
a good overview of the pottery found in the löss region
of the Civitas Tungrorum and taking as an example the
National Roman Fabric Reference Collection in Great-
Britain. The research is far from complete and some
fabric groups will almost certainly be subdivided into
different groups at a later stage. Only the fabrics that are
clearly defined are mentioned here, besides, up till now
most of the pottery has only been studied by means
of a binocular microscope, which has its limitations.
Though, we are convinced that one can get reasonably
far by only taking a good look at the sherds and by
handling them day in day out. Since this is meant to be
a handbook for archaeologists who have not more than
a binocular microscope, or a x20 lens at hand, if they
are lucky, chemical analysis and thin sections are not
our primary concern, although the information will be
given when it is available. |
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