John N. Dore Archaeological Consultant, Newcastle upon Tyne

RESEARCH > Pottery | North Africa | Northern England

POTTERY

As one of the commonest and most durable products of human activity pottery is a vital tool for the archaeologist. A wealth of information can be retrieved from its study. It is essential for dating, and large assemblages can provide important insights into social organisation and trade.

I specialise in Roman pottery (though with occasional forays into Neolithic and Islamic) and particularly Roman coarseware.

I was part of the team (led by Roberta Tomber) who established and published the Roman National Fabric Reference Collection for Britain, a work which has become a reference standard (ref).

In the UK I have studied and published important assemblages of material from:

	Carpow (ref)
	Corbridge(ref)
	Elginhaugh (ref)
	Housesteads (forthcoming) (ref)
	South Shields (ref)

I am currently researching the assemblage from the University of Bradford’s Newstead project for publication in the near future.

Outside Britain I have studied and published major assemblages of material from:

	The Tripolitanian pre-desert, Libya (UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey) (ref)
	Sabratha, Libya (ref)
	Leptiminus, Tunisia (ref)
	Fazzan, Libya (ref)

Since 2004 I have been the leader of the ceramics team of the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii and am researching the coarseware from the excavations for publication in the near future.

Dressel 6 amphora, Tripoli

Greco-Italic amphora, Tripoli

Van der Werff Form 3 amphora, Lepcis