Ebook: Roman Vessel Glass from Excavations in Colchester, 1971-85

Principal illustrator: David Fricker. Contributions from: M. J. Baxter, Philip Crummy, M. P. Heyworth.

The main aim of this volume is to publish the glass found during the excavations of 1971-85 in Colchester and to compare the assemblages from the different sites. The opportunity has also been taken to give a broad overview of the glass in use in the town and the surrounding area as a whole. Naturally the glass found in Colchester is influenced by the history and status of the town; as already noted, no other Romano-British town has such a rich and varied mid 1st-century assemblage. From the later 1st century onwards, however, the vessel assemblage contains most of the forms found on other Romano-British sites and is broadly comparable with these. This volume has been planned to provide a synthesis against which assemblages from other sites can be viewed. To this end, the evidence for the date and distribution of each form will be discussed in detail. Not all of the forms found in Roman Britain will be included, but sufficient will be studied for the volume to provide an easily accessible summary of the current state of knowledge about the use of glass vessels in Roman Britain.