Once Upon a Time in the East : The Chronological and Geographical Distribution of Terra Sigillata and Red Slip Ware in the Roman East /

Includes bibliographic references.

1. Aims and Methodology – 2. Definition of the Topic – 3. The Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods: Discussion and Chronological Phasing – 4. Framing Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Tablewares – 5. The Mid-and Late Roman Periods: Discussion and Chronological Phasing – 6. Interpretation of the Quantitative, Chronologicali and Geographical Evidence for the Mid- to Late Roman Period – 7.Thought on the Socio-Economic Signifiance Slip Tablewares.

In this book Philip Bes summarises the results of his PhD thesis (Catholic University of Leuven) on the analysis of production trends and complex, quantified distribution patterns of the principal traded sigillatas and slipped table wares in the Roman East, from the early Empire to Late Antiquity (e.g. Italian Sigillata, Eastern Sigillata A, B and C, Çandarli ware, Phocean Red Slip Ware/LRC, Cypriot Red Slip Ware/LRD and African Red Slip Wares). He draws on his own work in Sagalassos and Boeotia, as well as an exhaustive review of archaeological publications of ceramic data. The analysis compares major regional blocks, documenting coastal as well as inland sites, and offers an interpretation of these complex data in terms of the economy and possible distribution mechanisms.