12th November 2014, 04:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 12th November 2014, 07:41 PM by BAJR.)
Tool Wrote:From my very limited experience and intellect I'd have thought it's a mix of: a dramatic change in the economy post-Roman influence leading to the demise of the commercial potter and the reintroduction of more 'primitive', locally made pot from a diminished skill-base, which also may have led to the seeking of alternative materials (you can boil water in any material that holds together, and holds water obviously, above 100*C...);
Good answer Tool, even here in East Anglia, pot people have trouble telling the difference between Iron Age and Early/mid Saxon. Now we are told that they even started using potboilers again in the Saxon period for heating liquids. Ipswich ware is the big exception and is found in small amounts all over the region in the mid-Saxon period and is well fired and wheel thrown. Maybe it is not a coincidence that Ipswich is one of the earliest markets/ports in the region. Perhaps Ipswich ware is the reemergence of the commercial maker of domestic pottery due to money reappearing?