Roman Pottery in the Low Countries: Past Research, Current State, Future Directions

Roman Pottery in the Low Countries: Past Research, Current State, Future Directions

Edited by Roderick C.A. Geerts & Philip Bes | 2024 

This edited volume was written on the occasion of the 33rd Congress of the Rei Cretariæ Romanæ Fautores (www.fautores.org), which was held in September 2024 in Leiden, and offers a status quaestionis of Roman pottery studies in the Netherlands and adjacent regions. A concise history introducing the discipline is followed by ten contributions – centred around four concepts – which are written by experts in their respective fields who discuss key aspects of Roman pottery studies. Many of the contributions are characterised by a diachronic viewpoint, and range from addressing the social and cultural significance of individual ceramic categories, to formative historical developments and regional syntheses. The book concludes by highlighting prospects for future research.

The book is packed with detailed information on Roman pottery and focuses on fellow specialists, and rather is not an introduction on the study of Roman pottery. However, readers interested in learning how the study of pottery contributes to our understanding of Roman ways of life and the Roman presence in the Netherlands and surrounding regions can certainly find aspects to their linking.

This publication will be presented at the 33rd Congress of the Rei Cretariæ Romanæ Fautores, in Leiden.

Paperback ISBN: 9789464262889 | Hardback ISBN: 9789464262896 | Imprint: Sidestone Press | Format: 210x280mm | 176 pp. | Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities 32 | Series: PALMA | Language: English | 39 illus. (bw) | 55 illus. (fc) | Keywords: archaeology; ceramology; Roman pottery; Germania Inferior; terra sigillata; Ulpia Noviomagus/Nijmegen; Roman limes | download cover | DOI: 10.59641/2sz49tvu | CC-license: CC BY-NC-ND

Introduction
Roderick C.A. Geerts and Philip Bes

Roman Pottery and the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities: a Long-Term Relationship
Jasper de Bruin

From the Iron Age to the Roman Period. Native Pottery in the Batavian Area
Peter W. van den Broeke

Meanwhile, in the North… Handmade Pottery beyond the Roman Frontier
Ernst Taayke

A Cherished Material. Terra Sigillata from the Province of Groningen
Annet Nieuwhof

Ceramics in the Urban Sphere: the Social Strata of their Users
Bernd Liesen

Augustan Military Pottery Assemblages on the Hunerberg in Nijmegen
Harry van Enckevort

Pottery from Rural Settlements in the Civitas Cananefatium
Roderick C.A. Geerts

Developments in Funerary Pottery between Rhine and Meuse (1st-3rd century)
W. Frederique Reigersman-van Lidth de Jeude

Gallo-Belgic Ware from Xanten to the Sea
Xavier Deru

Roman Amphorae on the Limes
Joost J.H. van den Berg

Conclusion and Outlook
Roderick C.A. Geerts and Philip Bes