![]() This period is defined in particular by the arrival of Christianity. Middle Saxon Period (early/mid 7th – mid 9th century AD) By the 7th century for the most part stamping is the only decoration.In the 6th century linear designs and stamping, later this becomes stamping and bosses.Late 5th century bosses have straight or curvilinear designs. ![]() 5th century pottery has linear designs – straight or curvilinear lines.Decoration on funerary vessels is very variable. Decorated vessels tend to be found on cremation sites. In cemetery sites people are buried with grave goods.Distributed to all major sites it is also even quite common on rural sites. This is partly because of its longevity and partly due to the importance of olive oil. Probably the most widely distributed amphora type in Britain.Form: globular, small spike, rounded or angular rim.Fabric: yellow/off-white sandy, quartz, limestone, mica.Manufactured in southern Spain (Baetica) between Cordoba and Seville.When found in burial contexts, they show the importance of alcohol to LIA and Roman burial practice.They tell us about trade and the nature of long distance links, but also because they are closely linked to particular imported commodities.Their presence in late Iron Age high-status graves gives chronological control over a range of late Iron Age/early Roman material culture. Amphorae are important chronologically.Hadham Oxidised ware (200 AD – late 4th century AD).Oxford red colour coated-ware (240 AD – early 5th century AD).Nene Valley colour coated-ware (200 AD – late 4th century AD).New Forest colour-coated ware (260 – 370 AD). ![]()
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