Saturday 9th June 2007
The House of Laymen, St William’s College, College Street, YORK YO1 7JF
This meeting aims to widen the debate over the ways in which pottery was moved about in medieval Europe. We will look at the mechanics of distribution, both internal and international, and consider themes of the cultural, economic and social meaning in the movement of pottery. The two are not unconnected; how pottery was distributed, by whom, and with what purpose, is linked to the ways in which imported or non-local pots were understood and consumed.
The following papers were presented:
Peddlars, pilgrims and pirates: Some examples of pottery acquisition and exchange in medieval Kent, John Cotter
Chester’s pottery, who, what, where? Julie Edwards
Tyneside rivalries? Pottery imports in Newcastle and Gateshead during the 17th century, Andrew Sage
What’s The Point? The value of find-spot data to studies of pottery distribution, Anne Boyle
Coastal trade in coarsewares along the east coast, Alan Vince
Ceramic DNA, identifying the origins of Perth’s burgesses, Derek Hall
An overview of imported medieval and post-medieval ceramics in Edinburgh and Leith, George Haggarty and John Lawson