A medieval pottery kiln in Exeter

1957 ◽  
Vol 37 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Aileen Fox ◽  
G. C. Dunning
Keyword(s):  
Concrete Floor ◽  
Medieval Pottery ◽  
Pottery Kiln ◽  
The City

This kiln was first discovered in 1931 when Messrs. Hughes erected the Bedford Garage on the site of the former Blue-Coat School (St. John's Hospital) in the upper part of the city. The architect, the late Mr. Harbottle Read, was interested in the structure and arranged that it should be preserved in a pit, 4 ft. 6 in. square, beneath the new concrete floor and covered by heavy iron covers. In this way it survived the bombing of Exeter in 1942 when the garage and much else in the area was destroyed. In 1955 when Messrs. Hughes's rebuilding was due to start, the city surveyor, Mr. J. Brierley, invited me to make a record of the kiln before it was finally removed.

Medieval pottery kilns in the Carpathian Basin

2002 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-342
Author(s):  
Zsolt Vágner
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Carpathian Basin ◽  
Historical Evidence ◽  
Structure Building ◽  
History Of ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
Firing Technology ◽  
Topographical Analysis ◽  
Medieval Pottery ◽  
Pottery Kiln

This article discusses tenth–sixteenth-century pottery kilns in the Carpathian Basin in the territory of medieval Hungary. Kilns are classified on the basis of their structure, building technique and firing technology and these characteristics are examined using archaeological evidence, ethnographical sources and also technological and pyrotechnical analysis. The archaeological and stratigraphical features and some methodological problems of medieval pottery kiln study are also discussed and a topographical analysis of the pottery kilns in relation to the workshops and settlements on the basis of archaeological and historical evidence is presented. The history of the development, origin and distribution of the types of medieval pottery kilns in the Carpathian Basin is also presented. There is a brief discussion of the contribution that pottery kiln studies can make to the understanding of workshop organization.

scholarly journals Pottery of the late 16th — first quarter of the 18th c. from the Sofia yard of the Tobolsk Kremlin and the Upper town: comparative morphological analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
E.P. Zagvazdin ◽  
Ya.G. Zagvazdina
Keyword(s):  
Surface Treatment ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Type I ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Medieval Pottery ◽  
Large Groups ◽  
The City ◽  
Regions Of Russia

The article presents morphological analysis of ceramic complexes from excavations in 2006 and 2017 in the city of Tobolsk. The pottery came from two areas: the Tobolsk Kremlin and the Upper town (9 Oktyabrskaya st.). Within this research, we aimed to conduct comparative analysis of morphology of the tableware from these sites to assess its similarities. From the two areas, 2261 ceramic fragments have been analyzed, and 200 vessels (counted by rims) from the late 16th c. — first quarter of the 18th c. layers have been identified. By the production technology, the dishes are non-glazed, made mainly on the pottery wheel. Hand-made ceramics have also been found in small quantity (less than 2 %). The assemblage is dominated by pot-like dishes (94.5 %). The proportion of cupped dishes is small. Other types of dishes (large pot, washbasin pot) have been found in single numbers. Based on the appearance of rims and necks, three types of pots and five types of bowls have been identified. Comparison has been made between the diameter of the mouth and the type of pot. Further examined were the frequency of occurrence of dishes with different colors and type of surface treatment, dimensions of bottoms, frequency of adding of sand to the surface of the pottery wheel. The assemblages have been compared to the late medieval ceramics of the northern, north-western and central regions of Russia, as well as the Urals and Siberia. Comparisons have been also made with the results of other studies of the Tobolsk ceramics. Statistics show that the pottery complexes are very similar to each other, both in large groups (pot-shaped and cup-shaped ware) and by other parameters (color and type of surface treatment, rim shape, mouth and bottom size, the ratio between types and diameters of pot mouths). Differences have been identified in the proportion of higher quality light gray dishes, being 2.5 times larger in the territory of the Upper town than in the Sofia yard. The difference is also expressed in proportions of the three types of pots. Type I prevails in the territory of the Upper town, and types II and III — in the Sofia court. Bowl-shaped dishes are diverse (3 types) and are present in both parts of the town. The quality light gray and black-glazed vessels of this type have been classified as tableware, partially for the lack of traces of soot. With this classification, the proportion of bowls defined as tableware constitutes 3 %. Comparison of the assemblages with the late medieval pottery from other regions of Russia revealed close analogies. But in terms of the general range of dishes, Tobolsk stands behind the cities of the European part of the country.

A Medieval Pottery Kiln at Audlem, Cheshire

1960 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Webster ◽  
G. C. Dunning
Keyword(s):  
Medieval Pottery ◽  
Pottery Kiln

Twelfth-Century Pottery from Exeter

1951 ◽  
Vol 31 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 180-187
Author(s):  
G. C. Dunning ◽  
Aileen Fox
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Important Group ◽  
Medieval Pottery ◽  
The City

Excavations on the bombed sites in the centre of Exeter were carried out in 1945–7 on behalf of the Committee for War-damaged Exeter: their main objective was to gain an understanding of the history and plan of the city in Roman times, but the remains of later periods were also to be investigated as opportunities arose in the course of the work. An important group of early medieval pottery was found in 1946, and it is considered to deserve publication apart from the main report on the excavations.

A Romano-British pottery kiln at North Hykeham, Lincolnshire: with an Appendix on the typology, dating and distribution of ‘Rustic’ ware in Great Britain

1958 ◽  
Vol 38 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-51
Author(s):  
F. H. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
General Public ◽  
Post War ◽  
Sand And Gravel ◽  
Pottery Kiln ◽  
The City

The discovery of the kiln described in the first part of this report is a pleasing instance of the value of publicity in the field of archaeology. One feature of the post-war campaign waged by the Council for British Archaeology in order to induce the general public to report archaeological discoveries was the issue to sand and gravel companies throughout the country of the illustrated pamphlet entitled Sand and Gravel in History. In due course a copy reached the Apex Sand and Gravel Limited, which has its pits by the Foss Way at North Hykeham, southwest of Lincoln. In October 1951 an employee, Mr. E. Clifton, noticed in the bank of one of the water-filled workings a pit-like structure with a scatter of pot-sherds and fragments of clay bars, some of which he collected and handed to the Manager, Mr. W. C. Acott. The latter compared the sherds with the illustrations in his copy of the pamphlet, deduced that they were Romano-British, and reported the discovery to Mr. F. T. Baker, F.S.A., at the City and County Museum, Lincoln, who, from the description given and an examination of a sample of the pottery, was quick to realize the possibility of yet another kiln in the Lincoln area.

Excavations at Tocra (1985-1992)

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 59-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Buzaian
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Faunal Remains ◽  
City Wall ◽  
Ancient City ◽  
The University ◽  
Pottery Kiln ◽  
The City ◽  
Early Islamic ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractThis article presents a preliminary report on the post-excavation analysis of excavations conducted between 1985 and 1992 by the Department of Archaeology of the University of Garyunis (Benghazi) at the ancient city of Tocra. The construction and design of the buildings excavated are analysed, with particular emphasis on the late antique phases; and descriptions of pottery, other artefacts (including two early Islamic coins) are given. The area appears to have been an artisan district, as evidenced by the finds of a pottery kiln, ovens, vats and other structures associated with manufacturing activities. Mortar and plaster samples were analysed to help phase the structures, and to compare the excavated vats with their counterparts at another site within the city. A limited study of the faunal remains gives some insight into diet at the site in late antiquity.The study shows clearly that Tocra remained inhabited after the Arab conquest (AD 640s), confirming suggestions of previous excavations at other sites within the city wall.

Dating a medieval pottery workshop of the city of Burgos (Spain): Archaeomagnetic and archaeological evidences

2021 ◽  
pp. 106723
Author(s):  
Ángela Herrejón-Lagunilla ◽  
Juan José Villalaín ◽  
Ángel Carrancho ◽  
Carmen Alonso-Fernández ◽  
Javier Jiménez-Echevarría ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medieval Pottery ◽  
The City

Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Robert Chatham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Municipal Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

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