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Observations on Roman Pottery from Pudding Pan and the Thames Estuary and Early Surveys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2015

Mark Redknap
Mark Redknap*
Affiliation:
Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd / National Museum Cardiffmark.redknap@museumwales.ac.uk
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Abstract

Previously unpublished Roman pottery from the Thames Estuary was studied by the author in 1985 and 1986 for the voluntary body Marine Archaeological Surveys (MAS) and is presented as a contribution to wider initiatives on the Roman archaeology of this important social and economic artery between South-East England and the wider world. The purpose of this paper is to complement the ongoing review by Michael Walsh of Roman wrecks in UK waters (a research partnership between Southampton University and the British Museum) and that of the ‘Pudding Pan’ assemblage, much of which is in private collections.

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Thames EstuaryPan SandPudding PanHorse ChannelRidge TonguewrecksRoman potterysamianamphoraeRoman trade
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Britannia , Volume 46 , November 2015 , pp. 15 - 36
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2015. Published by The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 

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