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POTS AND PITS: DRINKING AND DEPOSITION IN LATE IRON AGE SOUTH‐EAST BRITAIN
Author(s) -
PITTS MARTIN
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2005.00230.x
Subject(s) - pottery , archaeology , conquest , indigenous , geography , consumption (sociology) , table (database) , romanization , history , ancient history , art , ecology , biology , computer science , data mining , aesthetics
Summary. This paper considers the role of pottery in the Late Iron Age to Roman transition in south‐east Britain. Traditional concern with the significance of Continental imports is rejected in favour of a more holistic and bottom‐up approach giving equal emphasis to locally made forms and imports in complete assemblages. Several stages of inter‐site correspondence analysis are conducted on a range of sites and assemblages in the region. Patterning pertaining to the use and deposition of both imported and local pottery vessels can be seen to contradict simplistic models for ‘Romanization before conquest’. The main conclusions include evidence for the selective disposal of drinking vessels and table wares in pits, the likely widespread consumption of beer as opposed to wine, and the implied importance of indigenous social practices such as feasting and communal drinking.