Buried before the flood? A regional study of Romano-British tableware

Past discussions of Romano-British pewter tableware have tended to view the vessels in representative terms, as evidence either for the ‘Romanisation’ of the south of Britain, or as signifiers of elite identity. This thesis builds a more holistic understanding of how these vessels may have been used and perceived by contemporary communities by engaging with the materiality of pewter vessels and comparing them to contemporary vessels in other materials. The thesis utilises the framework provided by the theoretical tools of affordances and objectscapes to structure discussion and reach an understanding of pewter tableware vessels as functional objects and active social agents. The thesis also seeks to demonstrate the important role which regional museum collections continue to play in archaeological research, and draws upon a survey of over 100 Romano-British pewter vessels from the modern ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset, and Dorset now held in museum collections, as well as a detailed case study of the largely unpublished material from ‘Blagan Hill’ (Roughridge Hill) in Wiltshire.<p></p>

Author dc:creator

• Wil Partridge (21040961)

• Romano-British
• Material Culture
• Pewter
• Objectscape
• Affordances
• Tableware

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10779/exe.31146040.v1

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