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Roman Amphorae from Canterbury

This paper is intended as an attempt to assess the importance of the importation of overseas foodstuffs and other organic commodities to Canterbury during the late Iron Age and Roman periods through the evidence of amphorae. The material has been collected during the programme of excavations conducted by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust at the following sites around the town (FIG. I); Rosemary Lane Car Park (The Castle Vol. i of the Archaeology of Canterbury series); 77–9 Castle Street, 3 Beer Cart Lane, 69a Stour Street (CBR I–IV in Vol. 6 forthcoming); 16 Watling Street and Marlowe Car Park sites (MI–IV in Vol. 5 forthcoming); St. Gabriel's Chapel and Linacre Gardens in the Cathedral Precincts (Vol. 4 forthcoming); the Mint Yard and ‘Aula Nova’ (Norman Staircase) also in the Precincts (Vol. 3 forthcoming); St. Radigund's Street (Church Lane, Vol. 2). Although excavations are still in progress it was felt wise to attempt an analysis of all the material recovered only up to the excavation of the Marlowe IV site in 1980, the 234 kg of amphorae sherds unearthed up to that date being regarded as a sufficiently large sample to be statistically reliable, in general terms, towards reconstructing the pattern of amphora importation into the town. Further excavations might yield further types and help to refine the quantified figures, although they should be of little overall consequence.