EAA 187: The Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Later Pottery of East Anglia

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Built upon almost three decades of recording medieval pottery assemblages in East Anglia, Part I of this book utilises data from over 1800 sites and more than two million sherds – a ‘big data’ approach – to consider distributions of pottery fabrics and forms across the region between the mid-9th and mid-16th centuries. The pottery types in use in the three main period divisions across this date range are described and defined with regard to their fabrics and forms, and related to known and putative production sites. GIS-based study of the distribution of major fabrics and forms provides an insight into the type of pottery used across the region, how the various types related to each other and how these patterns changed over the centuries. Based on this evidence, themes relevant to each period are discussed in order to place the results within the historical and archaeological context of each period. Questions relating to differences between rural and urban pottery manufacture, consumption, the role of immigrants, the growth of markets and their impact on pottery manufacture, and changes in patterns of waste disposal are considered. The study concludes by bringing these themes together to provide an overview of pottery studies in East Anglia in the early 21st century, and provides some key research objectives for the future.

Part II presents the Anglo-Saxon to post-medieval pottery fabric series for the region, together with illustrations of the main forms.

Full Reference

Anderson, S., 2026, The Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Later Pottery of East Anglia, East Anglian Archaeology 187

A4, 350 pages

ISBN 978 1 0682249 1 1