The Pottery from 46-54 Fishergate
Item
- list of authors
- A. J. Mainman
- Is Part Of
- The Archaeology of York [Series]
- The Pottery [Volume]
- volume
- 16
- issue
- 06
- Publisher
- Council for British Archaeology for York Archaeological Trust
- Date Copyrighted
- 1993
- Date Available
- Digitally available on 8 December 2023
- Abstract
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This report presents the results of a study of the pottery from 46-54 Fishergate. The first occupation of the site, following a period of agricultural use in the Roman period, was in the 8th century. This Anglian settlement came to an end in the mid 9th century and the site was abandoned until c. AD 1000. Following a period of use as a cemetery, possibly with an associated sequence of church buildings but limited domestic evidence, the site was occupied by a priory of the Gilbertine order until the Dissolution. The archaeological features from the site and their interpretation appear in AY 7/2 (in prep.) and AY 11/2 (in prep.). The small amount of Roman pottery is dealt with summarily. The Anglian assemblage included local, regional and imported wares. The high proportion of foreign wares amongst the latter, together with the numismatic evidence (AY 18), suggests that the site might have had a special role in international trade. This question is also discussed with reference to Anglian pottery recovered from other sites in York. The pottery evidence does not support the idea of continuity of occupation beyond the mid 9th century. This hiatus is followed by a sequence of deposits containing late Anglo-Scandinavian wares recovered from pits, graves and structural features. In part of the site these were overlain by a raft of imported material brought on to the site to level it before the construction of the Gilbertine house in AD 1197.
The rubbish pits of the priory were not encountered during excavation and consequently there is little pottery which relates directly to the life of the monastic buildings. In some cases the pottery can help to elucidate the sequence of structural repairs and refurbishments. There is insufficient evidence to indicate the status or wealth of the Gilbertine house or any particular links it may have had with the region. The assemblage compares very closely with those recovered from secular sites in York. There is a little immediately post-Dissolution material possibly associated with continued occupation in some buildings. The particular value of the assemblage from 46-54 Fishergate lies in the Anglian pottery. This well-stratified group allows new insights to be gained into the role and status of York in the 8th and 9th centuries and helps to place the centre in a regional and international context. There is now an unbroken sequence of pottery from York from c. AD 700 to the present day and the changing composition of the city's pottery assemblages reflects the developing role of this Anglo-Saxon and medieval town. - Rights Holder
- York Archaeological Trust
- Rights
- CC BY 4.0
- Format
- Portable Document Format (PDF)
- Is Format Of
- Paper publication
- Identifier
- GB2837-PUB-AY-16-6
- oclcnum
- 28618751
- Relation
- University of York Library
- isbn10
- 1872414311
- isbn13
- 9781872414317
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- page start
- 541
- page end
- 666
- number of pages
- 126
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