Apportioned pottery assemblages from Roman Britain (long form)

Part of the Social Reactors Project datasets project

Creator(s): Scott Ortman

Year: 2023

Summary

Data analyzed in: Ortman, Scott, Olivia Bulik, Rob Wiseman, José Lobo, Luis Bettencourt and Lisa Lodwick (2023) Transport Costs and Economic Change in Roman Britain. European Journal of Archaeology:1-24

AND

Wiseman, Rob, Olivia Bulik, José Lobo, Lisa Lodwick and Scott G. Ortman (2023) The Impact of Transportation on Pottery Industries in Roman Britain. Open Archaeology 9(1).

Cite this Record

Apportioned pottery assemblages from Roman Britain (long form). Scott Ortman. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. 2023 ( tDAR id: 490428) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8490428

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Data Set Structure

Measurement Column
Count Column
Coded Column
Filename Column
Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: dat_long

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
kmBin Distance from the given site to the production location of the corresponding fabric, in 10-kilometer bins.
BIGINT  Measurement (kilometer) Provenience and Context : Measurement none none true
km Distance from the given site to the production location of the corresponding fabric, in kilometers.
DOUBLE  Measurement (kilometer) Provenience and Context : Measurement none none true
cDist Distance from the given site to the production location of the corresponding fabric, centered by time period.
DOUBLE  Measurement (meter) Provenience and Context : Measurement none none true
clnY Proportion of assemblage of the given fabric (type) and site and time period, centered by time period.
DOUBLE  Measurement (other) Ceramic : Weight none none true
lnY Log proportion of pottery from a given source, site, and time period.
DOUBLE  Measurement (other) Ceramic : Weight none none true
value Proportion of pottery of a given fabric from a given site and time period.
DOUBLE  Measurement (other) Ceramic : Weight none none true
Time Period Time period of the associated row. ERP = Early Roman (50-150 CE), MRP = Middle Roman (150-250 CE), LRP = Late Roman (250-400 CE).
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Context none none true
Distance Distance from the given site to the production location of the corresponding fabric (type).
DOUBLE  Measurement (meter) Provenience and Context : Measurement none none true
Type Pottery fabric (type) category.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Ceramic : Type none none true
Site Site name, derived from the Rural Roman Settlement site records.
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Identifier none none true
Record Number BIGINT  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Identifier none none true

Keywords

Culture
Roman Empire

Material
Ceramic

Site Name
Cirencester • Silchester • Verulamium

Site Type
Church / Religious Structure • Communal / Public Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Governmental Structure • Non-Domestic Structures • Palace • Plaza • Pyramid • Settlements • Temple

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Excavation Results

Geographic Keywords
United Kingdom

Temporal Keywords
Roman Britain

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 50 to 400 (Roman Period)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -6.1; min lat: 49.736 ; max long: 1.74; max lat: 56.136 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Scott Ortman

Notes

General Note: The dataset was created by extending and revising the Rural Roman Settlement database, available from the Archaeology Data Service.

Related Comparative Collections

The Rural Settlement of Roman Britain: An Online Resource. Archaeology Data Service.

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
decaydata.csv 562.53kb Feb 7, 2023 Nov 14, 2023 4:07:02 PM Public
Pottery weights by site and fabric and time period from Roman Britain.
  • Translated version decaydata_translated.xlsx (392.92kb)
    Data column(s) in this dataset have been associated with coding sheet(s) and translated: