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Ceramics
The ceramics from 2007 and 2008 were examined by Joanita Vroom
(University of Sheffield) and Will Anderson (University of Melbourne). The
sherds collected, counted, and photographed covered all periods from the
Early Bronze Age to modern times, though only those from the Late Roman,
Byzantine, medieval, Ottoman and recent periods were drawn or analysed.
Late Roman ceramics (fourth to seventh centuries) were distributed widely
across the survey area, with several concentrations to the south of Beyözü. Late
Roman fine wares and late Roman imports were found in greater numbers than
those of the Early-Mid Roman period. Several assemblages featured material
spanning the Roman period. S1293-01 featured fine wares in three different
fabrics: a red ware (01) of perhaps the first or second century; an orange ware
base of a plate (02) in micaceous, orange fabric, which could be Middle to Late
Roman (third to fifth century); and a pink-reddish yellow fabric (03) which
is sandy with some inclusions. S1373-01 spans the Roman period including a
rim of Red Slip Ware with prominent slip application marks and a fine ware
in buff fabric. Typically Late Roman groups include S1330-01, 12 sherds of
mainly late antique date, including one of RSW; S1269-01, 18 sherds; S1779-
01 which includes five sherds of Roman period domestic pottery displaying
a range of fabrics and forms; and S1347-01 (Fig. 10), a group of eight sherds,
mostly closed plain wares, and one RSW bowl base in very fine, light reddish
yellow fabric with light red slip.
Although RSW was often represented only in the form of small body
sherds, there were several distinctive base and rim profiles, particularly
of more sturdy vessels. One is S1068-01-01, the foot of a Late Roman bowl
(diameter 0.14 m.) that resembles Hayes’ Form 3 Phocaean RSW, dated to the
second half of the fifth and the first half of the sixth century. A similar form,
also of a thick based RSW bowl is S1261-01-05, a bowl or dish with distinctive
profile of a low, squared foot, and prominent wheel marks (base diameter c.
20 cm). The fabric is fine, with small lime inclusions, voids and some larger,
rounded black grains, perhaps indicating a Black Sea origin. Several different
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