Pottery and Paradigm in the Early Western Empire

Globalizing the local in Roman Britain: An anthropological approach to social change

“…Such a concern with the social and cultural roles of ceramic evidence runs against the grain of traditional economic approaches to Roman pottery (as reviewed by Greene, 2005a,b), and should be seen in the context of other more recent social approaches to Roman pottery (e.g. Willis, 1997;Hawthorne, 1998;Monteil, 2004;Roth, 2007) and finds assemblages (Eckardt, 2002;Cool, 2006;Derks and Roymans, 2006;Hingley and Willis, 2007).…”

Pompeian Red Ware in Roman London: Insights on Pottery Consumption in Colonial Environments

“…However, the impact of these new study approaches has been rather dichotomised and poorly understood in terms of reciprocal feedback. Theory and material studies have generally developed on separate pathways, although their dialogue has recently started to produce new research trajectories and insightful debates on the practice of theory (Grahame 1998;Hawthorne 1998;Lucas 2002;Gardner 2003;Pitts 2004). As far as London is concerned, the fundamental study on samian ware carried out by Monteil (2005) has been a cornerstone and a vital piece in the reconstruction of the economic and socio-cultural development of the city.…”

Knowledge Systems in the Production of <i>Terra Sigilata</i>. Moving Beyond the Local/Global Paradox

“…The latter seems not to have been anchored in a unique web of knowledge, since it crossed the different fabrics in use at Lezoux, where similar forms are attested in the same refuse dumps, executed both in coarse wares and in 'calcareous' sigillata (Picon, Vichy and Meille 1971: 197). As to consumption, however, which was not explicitly considered in the example, it might well be that form proves to be the element with the most far-reaching relations, impinging for instance on dining practices (Hawthorne 1998). A different picture will appear when the red colour is considered, which appears to be part of a more restricted set of associations than form, but is still visually realized in both calcareous and non-calcareous fabrics.…”