78 THE POTTERY 



illustration of the liomogeneity of Roman civilization 

 even in the small details of common life and at the far 

 outposts of the Empire. 



For the general study of Roman pottery in Britain it is 

 convenient to refer to Mr. H. B. Walters' History of 

 Ancient Pottery and to Mr. F. Haverfield's articles on the 

 Roman Remains in the various volumes of the Victoria 

 County History of England. Of foreign works the most 

 important are Deehelette's Les vases ceramiques ornes de 

 la Gaule romaine and the articles of Dragendorff in the 

 Bonner Jahrbiicher and Bericht uher die Fortschritte der 

 romisch-germanischen Forsclning (1904). The latter works 

 treat of Roman provincial pottery in general and of 

 Britain only incidentally. In the present article nothing 

 more has heen attempted than a provisional classification 

 of the fabrics represented at Melandra with a brief 

 account of each fabric and of the more important frag- 

 ments.^ In a later report it is hoped that this present 

 account may be supplemented by the analyses of clays and 

 glazes which have been most kindly promised by Mr. 

 William Burton, whose researches in ceramic chemistry 

 and wide practical experience will give them an unusual 

 authority. It has been impossible to illustrate many 

 fragments by photographic reproductions since the damp, 

 clayey soil of Melandra has had a most destructive effect 

 upon the pottery, not only spoiling the surface but even 

 in many cases rotting the clay body itself.^ 



1. All the laborious task of first sorting the fragments was carried 

 out by Mr. Hamnett with his usual indefatigable zeal. To Mr. Walters' 

 book the indebtedness of the present article is too obvious to require 

 statement, but I would gratefully acknowledge the personal help given 

 by the author in dealing with the Melandra pottery. 



2. The line drawings of the fragments here reproduced are by Mr. 

 Robert Duddle of the Manchester School of Art. The more complete 

 vases are shown in section also by means of heavier black lines. 



