Thank you for very informative & helpful video. I wanted to ID Roman pottery & have now done that & also learnt I have some Medieval glazed pottery, an added bonus thanks to you. I live on a piece of rural land that once had a Roman Villa sat on it, it is next to The Thames River & I feel so lucky to have my own archeological site. I have found tons of pottery, one Roman coin, Roman glass, sharpening stones, brooch pins & recently doing some general gardening we came across a big metal cart wheel, very heavy & in superb condition, I don't think it will be Roman because of the condition but we will do some homework on it very soon, if it is of archeological interest then hopefully a local museum may rehome it?. Time Team came here some years back & Phil was whooping for joy, we later learnt that the area was once home to the largest Neolithic village in the UK & Phil being just a bit keen on this period was falling over himself with the amount of stone flints, hand tools & arrow heads that the area is covered in, he didn't want to leave!!, & once again it's learning from people like Phil & yourself that enables me to preserve our important history. I can't even begin to guess at the amount of hand tools & knapped stone/flint I have collected, it is beautiful & I have created a patch of land where these items are laid together for future generatons, the joy of finding an axe head & a pestle & mortar stlll sitting together is humbling & I am in awe of it all. If I had one gripe though it is that I am yet to find a barbed arrow head which would have me whooping just as Phil did!!! haha. Thanks agan.
The Italian terracotta roof tiles are still made like that, although there are other styles now and the tiles are thinner than in ancient Roman times. But they break easier too as I have learned. The tiles on my roof are very similar to the overlapping design you demonstrated. Thanks for your videos. I find them all extremely interesting.
When you were talking about the grey centre to the pottery and how it wasn’t seen as often in roman times I have found roman tiles before with that grey centre. Just thought I would clarify that 😄
10:38 Is the textural difference between Roman and medieval tiling attributable to the original clay, or is it a manifestation of weathering (rehydroxylation)? I ask because I have just watched a surprisingly interesting Royal Society video about dating pottery using "long-term power law rehydroxylaton kinetics". ("Dating fired-clay ceramics"). In other words, would a pot fired from the same clay deposit display the same difference in softness if it had been fired ~1000 years earlier?
Sorry to take so long to reply to you! Yes, soil conditions can affect an object a lot, some things are leached out, by acid soils especially, some minerals can be deposited (this happens in the Thames and is known as Thames Race) So the structural integrity might alter, but if the clay is fired to a high enough temperature, I would not expect the softness to change much even after 1000 years. I imagine the Medieval and Roman pottery was fired to a similar temperature, but this can vary in different parts of the kiln in the same firing.
I found a piece of red clay tile when metal detecting yesterday it gave a really strong signal, I was surprised when I recovered it as it was clay, do the tiles normally register on metal detectors, when I took it home and cleaned it up it has a lot of white looking flecks in it as if not mixed very well I would love to no if I have found my first Roman find can you help?
Hello, clay does not normally register, perhaps a bit of metal is trapped in it? Roman tile is often mot mixed very well, more orange in colour and softer than the higher fired more recent tile. It would be unusual for it to be found in isolation, see if you can find other pieces of pottery or Roman metal finds to help date it.
I found that very helpful. Thank you kindly. 🌻
Thank you!
Thank you for very informative & helpful video. I wanted to ID Roman pottery & have now done that & also learnt I have some Medieval glazed pottery, an added bonus thanks to you. I live on a piece of rural land that once had a Roman Villa sat on it, it is next to The Thames River & I feel so lucky to have my own archeological site. I have found tons of pottery, one Roman coin, Roman glass, sharpening stones, brooch pins & recently doing some general gardening we came across a big metal cart wheel, very heavy & in superb condition, I don't think it will be Roman because of the condition but we will do some homework on it very soon, if it is of archeological interest then hopefully a local museum may rehome it?. Time Team came here some years back & Phil was whooping for joy, we later learnt that the area was once home to the largest Neolithic village in the UK & Phil being just a bit keen on this period was falling over himself with the amount of stone flints, hand tools & arrow heads that the area is covered in, he didn't want to leave!!, & once again it's learning from people like Phil & yourself that enables me to preserve our important history. I can't even begin to guess at the amount of hand tools & knapped stone/flint I have collected, it is beautiful & I have created a patch of land where these items are laid together for future generatons, the joy of finding an axe head & a pestle & mortar stlll sitting together is humbling & I am in awe of it all. If I had one gripe though it is that I am yet to find a barbed arrow head which would have me whooping just as Phil did!!! haha. Thanks agan.
Wow, what a great place to live. I'm glad you found the video helpful, best wishes, Richard
Totally fascinating and thats made my field walking far more exciting!. Superb tips and explanations .
Thanks Art Choo
Excellent, as usual. Thank you, Richard.
Thank you! Found my first piece of red fired clay and your explanations are excellent.
Such an interesting subject ..... being a time served brickie!
Thank you!
Very helpful, difficult to find much information on Medieval tiles
thank you
The Italian terracotta roof tiles are still made like that, although there are other styles now and the tiles are thinner than in ancient Roman times. But they break easier too as I have learned. The tiles on my roof are very similar to the overlapping design you demonstrated. Thanks for your videos. I find them all extremely interesting.
Great Information thank you!
When you were talking about the grey centre to the pottery and how it wasn’t seen as often in roman times I have found roman tiles before with that grey centre. Just thought I would clarify that 😄
Thank you that is helpful to know.
Wow thank you! Several mysteries solved!!
10:38 Is the textural difference between Roman and medieval tiling attributable to the original clay, or is it a manifestation of weathering (rehydroxylation)? I ask because I have just watched a surprisingly interesting Royal Society video about dating pottery using "long-term power law rehydroxylaton kinetics". ("Dating fired-clay ceramics"). In other words, would a pot fired from the same clay deposit display the same difference in softness if it had been fired ~1000 years earlier?
Sorry to take so long to reply to you! Yes, soil conditions can affect an object a lot, some things are leached out, by acid soils especially, some minerals can be deposited (this happens in the Thames and is known as Thames Race) So the structural integrity might alter, but if the clay is fired to a high enough temperature, I would not expect the softness to change much even after 1000 years. I imagine the Medieval and Roman pottery was fired to a similar temperature, but this can vary in different parts of the kiln in the same firing.
I found a piece of red clay tile when metal detecting yesterday it gave a really strong signal, I was surprised when I recovered it as it was clay, do the tiles normally register on metal detectors, when I took it home and cleaned it up it has a lot of white looking flecks in it as if not mixed very well I would love to no if I have found my first Roman find can you help?
Hello, clay does not normally register, perhaps a bit of metal is trapped in it? Roman tile is often mot mixed very well, more orange in colour and softer than the higher fired more recent tile. It would be unusual for it to be found in isolation, see if you can find other pieces of pottery or Roman metal finds to help date it.
First-rate video, thank you.
thanks!
Just can't take my eyes off the loose tile in the wall behind him!
+JULIAN SANDERS ha ha not Roman
thks