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4.0 THE ROMAN POTTERY
by M.J. Darling, with K.H. Hartley and B. Dickinson

Introduction | Samian from Brough | Mortaria | Amphorae | Brough local production | Fabrics | Forms | The function of the Brough pottery

4.1 Introduction

This section reports on the pottery from the main excavations in 1994 and important groups from the evaluation by the Humberside Archaeological Unit in 1991. The total quantities are shown in Table 1.

Source Sherds Kg
1994 Excavation12490201.892
Selected from 1991 evaluation 164411.651
Total14134213.543
Table 1: Quantities

242 sherds (1.093kg) from soil samples are included in the excavation quantities. Also included are 530 post-medieval sherds (6.048kg); apart from a few intrusive sherds, these came from Periods 8 and 9. The pottery from the 1991 evaluation came from Trench I which produced the main evidence for the local production of fine wares; that from the other trenches was of the same nature as finds from the main excavations, and was not further recorded.

4.1.1 Spatial distribution

The finds by trench (excluding samples) are shown in Table 2.

Tr Shs % kg % g/sh
1 8875 72.5 163.827 81.6 18.5
2 2238 18.3 32.520 16.2 14.5
3 871 7.1 3.355 1.7 3.85
4 242 2.0 0.936 0.5 3.9
5 22 0.2 0.161 0.1 7.3
Total 12248  200.799   
Table 2: Quantities by trench

This shows the predominance of Trench 1 with 73-82% of the total pottery from the site. The only other significant quantity is that from the adjoining Trench 2. The 1991 evaluation Trench I was adjacent to the later Trenches 3 and 4.


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