The Romano-British black-burnished industry

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The thesis aims to examine the origins of Romano-British black-bumished ware (j.P. G-illam, Prop. Soc. Antiq. Scot., 94, 1960, 113-129), trace the development of its two categories and identify the major production centres. The principal analytical technique employed is that of heavy mineral analysis. This method provides an objective means for classi- fying sand used as temper in the manufacture of pottery. Classification is based on the wide variety of heavy minerals which are found in sediments, and distinctive combinations of these can often be assigned to a specific geological source. By using heavy mineral analysis it has proved possible to isolate the black-burnished products of separate factories, indicate the range of types which were made and give a general idea of the distribution achieved. In the first part of this study an attempt is made to show that the handmade black-burnished Category 1 pottery is derived directly from the late Iron Age ceramic traditions of the Durotriges, and in its early

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