Nicopolis ad Istrum

This second report on the excavations (1985 – 1992) of the ancient city of Nicopolis, in Bulgaria, deals with the pottery and glass finds.

Contents:

Section 1: The Excavations and the Social and Economic Context; the aims of the programme and the excavations; the results of the excavations and the history of the Site; the economic and social implications of the pottery and glass;

Section 2: The Pottery; the ceramic analysis: methodology; wares and their associated types; the problems of residuality and typical assemblages by period; pottery production and influences; conclusions and future research on ceramics; the Pottery catalogue;

Appendix 1: the wares; Appendix 2: relative frequency of types by dated phase; Appendix 3: relative frequency of wares (Total Body Sherds) by Dated Phase;

Section 3: The Glass; the glass: methodology and site assemblages; the glass catalogue; the glass catalogue: discussion.

• Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, No. 57
• ISBN 0 71850 168 3
• 243mm x 165mm 414pp 14 colour photographs 4 black and white photographs 100 black and white line drawings 4 tables
• £95 hardback Published 1999
• Published by Leicester University Press for the Society of Antiquaries
• Available from Oxbow Books