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The Introduction of Roman Ceramic Styles and Techniques into Roman Britain: A Case Study from the King Harry Lane Cemetery, St. Albans, Hertfordshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Ian C. Freestone  and
Val Rigby
Ian C. Freestone
Affiliation:
British Museum Research Laboratory, London WC1B 3DG, U.K.
Val Rigby
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, British Museum, London WC1B 3DG, U.K.
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Abstract

Specialised ceramics from Gaul were imported into late Iron Age Britain, and their forms copied in native techniques. Roman technology was introduced after the Conquest, and involved changes in paste preparation, surface coating and firing techniques that allowed increases in the scale, standardisation and quality of the production.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 123: Symposium L – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology I , 1988 , 109
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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