Science: Archaeology: Topics: Portable Antiquities: Ceramics

Forum for the analysis of brick and tile from archaeological sites.

An introduction to the techniques of clay sourcing for ceramic analysis.

Civilization Canada presentation on the diversity and richness of Native ceramic making traditions in Canada. Includes pottery making techniques and conservation of ceramics.

Group formed to identify and define all the ceramic ware types that appear on or near the pre-1650 Jamestown archaeology site in Virginia. Includes ceramic types from Germany, China, England, Italy, France, and Spain.

Introduction to Post-Roman pottery with a photo gallery of examples.

History and examples of ceramic tiles. Indexed by style, designer, subject, technique, factory, and use.

Table for dating Roman type amphoras. Originally from Heinrich Dressel: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, band XV, Berlin 1899.

Gazetteer collection derived from a survey carried out by Southampton Archaeology for English Heritage on behalf of the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group. Features project description, collections outline and database.

Detailed history of pottery making techniques in Britain from Regia Anglorum.

The Ashmolean Museum aims to create an online catalogue of its ceramic collections. Sample images by period. Guide to pottery-making and pottery in archaeology; information on the collectors; bibliography.

Online atlas of Roman pottery, listing the wares by class or source, from Paul Tyers, author of Roman Pottery in Britain.

This project is meant to be an aid to help with identification of ceramics found on historic period archaeological sites in Nova Scotia.

Searchable bibliography and primary source material on these ceramic storage containers of the ancient Mediterranean. Also searchable database of descriptions and date stamps.

Report by Alan Vince on the petrology and ICPS analysis of medieval floor tiles from Cleeve Abbey, Somerset.

The aim of the technological analyses is to establish choice of raw materials, manufacturing techniques and vessel functions. Lund University

An online exhibit from the Internet Public Library on the pottery of the Pueblo Indians of Southwestern US. History, pueblo life and pottery styles, bibliography, gallery and glossary.