Table 37: Percentages of Decorated Vessels amongst Samian Assemblages at Various Sites, by Samian Fabric Type, independent of Phase (quantification by number of vessels represented) (1)


Site / ExcavationSouth Gaulish
Samian:
% that is
Decorated		South Gaulish
Samian:
Group Size (2)		 Central Gaulish Samian (3):
% that is
Decorated		Central Gaulish
Samian:
Group Size (2)		 East Gaulish
Samian:
% that is
Decorated		East Gaulish
Samian:
Group Size (2)		County / District
Military Sites
Brough-on-Humber, 1958-61 (S)

44.7

114

29.2

147

12.5

8

 East Yorkshire
Dover, Fort II of the Classis Britannica, 1970-7 (4)

41.2

34

37.7

220

26.3

38

 Kent
Segontium (Caernarfon), 1975-9 (S/US)

28.0

NNA

(7) 30.0

NNA

12.5

NNA

 Gwynedd
Vindolanda, 1980 (S) (5)

66.6

15

25.7

272

19.0

42

 Northumberland
Vindolanda, 1980 (S/US) (5)

69.2

26

25.6

524

30.2

86

Northumberland
Whitchurch, 1965-6 (S/US) (6)

41.9

43

-

-

-

-

 Shropshire
Extra-Mural Occupation at Military Sites
Brancaster, West Vicus, 1974 and 1977 (S)

-

-

(8) 15.3

301

10.7

187

 Norfolk
Major Civil Centres
Dorchester, County Hall, 1988 (S) (9)

32.7

52

35.3

34

33.3

3

 Dorset
Small Towns, Roadside Settlements, smaller nucleated centres, etc.
Alchester, A41 dualling, 1991

NNA

NNA

NNA

NNA

6.0

NNA

Oxfordshire
Asthall 1992, Area A (S)

25.0

16

14.9

141

11.8

17

 Oxfordshire
Asthall 1992, Area B (S) (10)

-

-

9.6

135

-

-

 Oxfordshire
Hayton, Burnby Lane, 1995-9 (S/US)

41.7

12

29.8

57

36.4

11

 East Yorkshire
Whitchurch, 1965-6 (S/US) (11) (12)

-

-

42.8

63

-

2

 Shropshire
Rural / Industrial Sites
Holbeach St Johns, Shell Bridge, 1961, Sites A & B (S/US)

11.1

9

3.2

31

-

1

 Lincolnshire
Rural Sites
Great Dunmow, Buildings Farm, 1993 (S) (13)

18.2

22

13.3

15

-

1

 Essex
Haddon, Haddon Lodge, 1999 (S)

20.0

10

14.8

27

-

2

 Cambridgeshire
Lullingstone villa (S/US)

2.6

76

(14)

(14)

(14)

(14)

 Kent
Rayne, 1987 (S/US)

6.6

15

20.0

25

-

3

 Essex
Snettisham Bypass, 1989, Site 1555 (S/US)

34.4

61

25.0

96

44.4

9

 Norfolk
Tort Hill East, 1996

-

-

11.8

85

-

-

 Cambridgeshire
Whitton, 1965-70 (S/US) (15)

22.4

156

14.1

326

-

-

 S. Glamorgan
Rural / likely Religious-Ritual site
Shoreham, Slonk Hill, 1969-74 (S/US)

33.3

6

37.1

35

-

2

 West Sussex

For references see Table 38
Notes:
  1. On the whole these data derive from published assemblages which are not divided in the published report by phase, group or dated horizon.
  2. Group size specifies the number of vessels identified to form.
  3. Number of identified vessels from Les Martres-de-Veyre amongst the Central Gaulish Samian ware totals: Brough, -; Dover, 5; Vindolanda, stratified 6; Vindolanda, stratified and unstratified 10; Whitchurch 1965-6, military era -; Segontium (Caernarfon), number not available, but percentage for Les Martres is 19%; Brancaster, 0; Dorchester, 0; Hayton, 1; Asthall Area A, 13; Asthall Area B, 4; Whitchurch 1965-6, civilian era 6; Holbeach St Johns, Shell Bridge, 2, neither decorated; Tort Hill East, 0; Great Dunmow, Les Martres and Lezoux not differentiated; Haddon Lodge, 2; Rayne, Les Martres and Lezoux not differentiated; Lullingstone villa, Les Martres and Lezoux not differentiated; Snettisham Bypass, Site 1555, 9; Whitton, 23; Shoreham, Slonk Hill, 1.
  4. Sample includes all stratified samian from deposits assoc. with the 'CL. BR. II Fort' c. AD 130/140-270 (ie. from Periods I-III, plus "soil over final rubble") identifiable to form. The South Gaulish samian is presumed to be residual.
  5. The areas investigated in 1980 lay principally within that of the military forts and annex rather than the vicus.
  6. The currency of the South Gaulish samian here approximates to the military episode at this site.
  7. This is the percentage for Lezoux vessels only (see above for Les Martres percentage).
  8. There is one early (ie. pre c AD 120) vessel from Lezoux from this site; this plain vessel is not included in the data forming the table.
  9. The sample represents all stratified items from site Periods 2-5, ie. all Roman period levels.
  10. Data exclude 1 vessel from Vichy.
  11. The currency of the Central Gaulish and East Gaulish samian here approximates to the civil episode at this site.
  12. Data exclude 1 vessel of early/first century Lezoux ware.
  13. The sample comprises all the samian stratified in Roman period levels.
  14. Only combined figures for Central and East Gaulish ware are available: of a total of 311 vessels of Central and East Gaulish ware recorded, only 12.9% are decorated vessels.
  15. The tally of 482 is something of a 'maximum number of vessels' total (Webster 1981, 102), especially with regard to the plain forms, though in the case of decorated items it is more likely that sherds from the same vessel have been recognized independent of context, thus resulting in some comparative 'over-representation' of numbers of plain forms.
(S) Denotes that the sample includes all the stratified samian from the excavations.
(S/US) Denotes that the sample includes all the stratified samian from the excavations, plus all unstratified samian.
NNA denotes that the number is not available.