Ebook: Post-Roman Pottery from Excavations in Colchester, 1971-85

Principal illustrators: John Hepburn, Raphael Nazroo, Alex Scott. Other illustrators: Sue Barnett, Fran Buxton, Simon Buxton, John Callaghan, Terry Cook, John P Cotter, Robert Moyes. Contributions from: Catherine Hills and M. J. Hughes.

The original aim of this report was to provide an account of the very large amount of post-Roman pottery produced by the Colchester excavations of 1971-85, and thus to complete the series of Colchester Archaeological Reports dealing with the excavations themselves and the various categories of finds recovered, such as the small finds, Roman pottery and glass, etc. This original aim, enshrined in the title of this report, remains at the centre of the work.

Implicit in this aim was the production — inasmuch as time and resources allowed — of an illustrated typology of pottery forms arranged by presumed source, date and fabric, together with a discussion on chronology supported by the illustration of stratified groups of pottery. From an economic point of view, it was — and still is — hoped that the report would serve as a reference work for future archaeologists excavating in the Colchester area, thereby diminishing the need for repeated illustration of the commoner forms of post-Roman pottery dealt with in this volume.