Current State of Romano-British Pot

Excavation on any site of the Roman period in this country produces pottery in quantity, and often in variety - coarse and fine wares, containers and table wares, locally made, or traded from kiln-sites on the island or overseas. The large rescue excavations of the past twenty years have posed for archaeologists the growing problem of how to examine and report effectively on the immense quantities of Romano-British pottery which have resulted.
This review discusses critically the pottery reports published during this time.