Legionary Pottery from Vindonissa

Ettlinger, Elisabeth

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“…‘Legionary wares’ have been variously defined by the range of finishes and functional groups associated with military sites; in a handful of cases their production has been attributed to known military kilnworks. While Ettlinger first outlined a relationship between pottery assemblages at different military sites across the northern frontier, coining the term ‘legionary pottery’ (, as referenced in Vamos , 402–3), Greene further and more loosely adapted the definition of ‘legionary wares’ to include a wider range of pottery styles, extending across a greater geographical frame. His definition encompassed a locally uncommon range of finewares influenced by metal and glass prototypes and finished with ‘red slip‐coating, marbling, slip‐painting, or barbotine work, moulded or stamped decoration, mica‐dusting and lead‐glazing’, as well as coarsewares in forms such as flagons, bowls and mortaria (Greene , 113).…”

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The Jerusalem Legio X Fretensis Kilnworks: Contextualizing Ceramic Manufacture and ‘Legionary Wares’

Murphy

Goldfus

Arubas

2018

Oxford J Archaeology

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The Legio X Fretensis Kilnworks at Binyanei Ha'uma (Jerusalem) is one of the few such legionary production sites to be excavated in recent decades and the only legionary kilnworks to be found in the Near East and Asia Minor to date. The study of its production-related material therefore offers a necessary complement to consumer-focused discussions of so-called 'legionary wares' by providing a more refined contextualization of ceramic manufacturing within a military context. Detailed analyses of production techniques and technologies, as well as comparative study of contemporaneous legionary kilnworks in other regions and other ceramic production sites from the eastern provinces, serve to contextualize the Jerusalem site and offer new perspectives on the technological choices that were made in such settings. These technological choices demonstrate a balance between some commonly shared structural features of production and labour organizations, with locally specific circumstances of raw material availability and technological knowledge. SITUATING LEGIONARY WARESThe Roman military and its movements have long been seen as major stimuli to local and regional economies of the period. Undoubtedly, the arrival of soldiers sometimes numbering in the tens of thousands would have substantially broadened a local consumer baseeither through military contracts or spending power of individual soldiers paid in silver (Erdkamp 2002). Longdistance movement of commodities such as wine and olive oil in amphorae specifically for military consumption demonstrates that the imperial reach of military supply lines could be substantial, with its economic impact felt at both regional and local levels (Monsieur 2004). Military economic networks were concerned, however, not only with supplying raw foodstuffs (and drink), but also with the means to prepare and consume them, as observable from assemblages of ceramic cooking vessels and tablewares found at military sites. These assemblages of so-called 'legionary wares' typically display certain similarities between contemporary military sites (even at opposite ends of the empire), while at the same time contrasting with assemblages from neighbouring local communities.

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confidence: 99%

The Jerusalem Legio X Fretensis Kilnworks: Contextualizing Ceramic Manufacture and ‘Legionary Wares’

Murphy

Goldfus

Arubas

2018

Oxford J Archaeology

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An Example of the Process of Acculturation in the Early Roman Frontier

Okun

1989

Oxford J Archaeology

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This paper looks at how the process of acculturation can be detected in the archaeological record. It considers the specijic case of acculturation in the Upper Rhine during the early Roman period and attempts to demonstrate how archaeological material can be used to evaluate social changes. Various aspects of the pottery assemblage, which relate to different aspects of pottery production and use, are considered such as production technology, style, and form. Many of the changes result from cultural changes which occurred as a result of interaction between the Roman and local peoples. Other works concerning acculturation are reviewed to determine what types of factors are involved in the process. These factors are considered, in relation to the Upper Rhine, in a discussion of the changes in the pottery and how they relate to social changes. Various explanatory models are proposed.

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Legionary Pottery from Vindonissa

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The Jerusalem Legio X Fretensis Kilnworks: Contextualizing Ceramic Manufacture and ‘Legionary Wares’

The Jerusalem Legio X Fretensis Kilnworks: Contextualizing Ceramic Manufacture and ‘Legionary Wares’

An Example of the Process of Acculturation in the Early Roman Frontier

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