Table 6: The Relative Proportions of Drag. 29 and Drag. 37 Decorated Samian bowls amongst Stratified Groups during the second half of the First Century and beginning of the Second Century AD. Arranged by Site Type and medial date, showing Calibration


Site / Excavation Date of Group
(arranged by medial date)
Group Size, ie.
number of vessels
identified to form:
Drag. 29 / Drag. 37
Calibrated Score:
the larger the number
the later the Group?
Proportion formed
by Drag. 29 (%)
Military Sites
Longthorpe I c AD 44-62 24 / 0 - 100.0
Fishbourne, 1961-9, Period 1 c AD 37/43-75 21 / 10 -264 67.7
Kingsholm, Kingsholm Close 1972, Periods 1-3 c AD 49-67 12 / 0 - 100.0
Wall fort, 1968-72, Period 1 c AD 54-65 8 / 0 - 100.0
Brandon Camp fort, 1981-5 c AD 55-65 12 / 0 - 100.0
Exeter fortress c AD 55/60-75 55 / 5 -750 91.7
Wall fort, 1968-72, Period 2 c AD 69-76 26 / 1 -175 96.3
Tiverton fort, 1981-6 c AD 65-83 14 / 10 -24 58.3
Alcester, Baromix site 1969, Phase A c AD 65-85 5 / 8 +15 38.5
Hayton fort, 1975 c AD 70-80 1 / 8 +35 11.1
Castleford fort, 1977-84, Phase I c AD 73-86 101 / 36 -65 73.7
Wall fort, 1968-72, Period 3 c AD 77-85/90 10 / 2 -24 83.3
Camelon, pre-1975 finds c AD 82/83-7 29 / 23 -24 55.8
Strageath fort, 1973-86 c AD 83-7 18 / 15 -15 54.5
Corbridge, Red House, 1974 c AD 75-95 4 / 12 +40 25.0
Segontium fort, 1975-9, Periods 2-5 c AD 78-105 7 / 10 +36 41.2
Alcester, Baromix site 1969, Phases B & C c AD 85-125 2 / 6 +100 25.0
Segontium fort, 1975-9, Period 5a (1) c AD 106-122 7 / 5 -68 58.3
Extra Mural Occupation at Military Sites
Colchester, Sheepen 1970, Period 3 c AD 44-48 5 / 0 - 100.0
Castleford vicus, 1977-84, Phase I c AD 73-86 22 / 14 -88 61.1
Carlisle, Tullie House, 1990 (2) c AD 84 9 / 11 +8 45.0
Carlisle, Blackfriars St, 1977-9, Building 1 Period 3 c AD 85/95-105/115 6 / 6 050.0
Carlisle, Blackfriars St, 1977-9, Building 2 Period 3 c AD 85/95-105/115 8 / 9+20 47.0
Melandra vicus, 1966-9, 'stream deposit' c AD 83-125 1 / 17 +384 5.5
Rocester, Old Shops, Mill Street, 2000, Phase 2 c AD 95-130 1 / 15 +462 6.2
Extra Mural Occupation at Military Site, becoming Major Civil Centre
Lincoln, 181-3 High St, 1972, Period 2 c AD 75-10517 / 10-70 63.0
Major Civil Centres
Silchester, Rampart Sect. 1974, Group 1.1 & 'SW Angle' 1978, Group 1.2 c AD 30/35-70/754 / 0 - 100.0
Colchester, Sheepen 1970, Period 4 c AD 49-60 7 / 0 - 100.0
Southwark, Bonded Warehouse, BII-5, the SE gravel quarry c AD 50-70 10 / 0 - 100.0
Verulamium, Period IIa, "Pre-building activity", from a likely well c AD 61-78 20 / 15 -55 57.1
London, the site of the Forum 1968-9 c AD 60-100 18 / 4 -14 81.8
Southwark, Bonded Warehouse, BIII-1, contexts 24-30, NW of road c AD 70-90 8 / 3 -5 72.7
Cirencester, Admiral's Walk, DMI pits 145/154 & 137/158 c AD 70-80/100 11 / 3 -40 78.6
Silchester, Manor Farm, 1980, Analytical Group 2.8 c AD 68-100 4 / 1 -12 80.0
Southwark, Bonded Warehouse, BIII-2a, contexts 36 & 37 c AD 70-100 5 / 0 - 100.0
Dorchester, Prison, 1975 pits 1 & 2; 1978 pit 1 c AD 90-100 4 / 6 +30 40.0
Silchester, 'South West Angle' 1978, Analytical Group 2.1 c AD 70/80-120/130 2 / 2 0 50.0
Southwark, 201-11 Borough High St, BIII-3, well 1, contexts 96-98 c AD 100-130 4 / 2 -70 66.7
Southwark, 201-11 Borough High St, BIII-3, pit 3, contexts 91-95 c AD 100-130 5 / 2 -105 71.4
Sites with agrarian character by Major Civil Centres
Canterbury, Rosemary Lane Car Park 1976-7, 'Pre-Flavian' Period (3) c AD 50-70 7 / 1 -120 87.5
Small Towns, Roadside Settlements, smaller nucleated centres
Wall, 1968-72, Period 4 c AD 100-118 20 / 8 -348 71.4
Rural Sites
Snettisham, Bypass site, 1989, Phase 2 c AD 75-126 1 / 4 +63 20.0
Other
Fishbourne, 1961-9, Period 2 c AD 75-100 23 / 16 -49 59.0

All the vessels listed occur in South Gaulish fabric.

See Table 5 for Notes. See Table 7 for References