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The Roman Economy. Week 5 Lecture 1 Pots and Pans Mortaria, Coarse wares & Marketing. Marketing Model 1 Savernake ware. Jars with everted rims. Reilly’s law of retail Gravitation. LC3 – C4 Finewares. Model 2 Churchill Orange WMJ . Alice Holt . Other Models.
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The Roman Economy Week 5 Lecture 1 Pots and Pans Mortaria, Coarse wares & Marketing
Other Models • Small scale rural production – supplying a number of markets with large amounts of overlapping • Military Marketing ( Mortaria, SVW, BB)
Mortaria • A large heavy bowl often with internal grits ( rock, flint, slag). • Flanged or wall sided • Used for food preparation in the kitchen, and sometimes at the table • Hellenistic Antecedents. Popular in 1st century Italy – used by the military. • Dies out in the Mediterranean (apart from LC3 – C4 Syria). • Used in NW Europe – Possibly not as originally intended • Form continues into early middle ages ( Merovingen variants C12)