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CharacteristicsofRomanThepotteryofancientRomansisremarkableinseveralways.ThehighqualityofRomanpotteryisveryeasytoappreciatewhenhandlingactualpiecesoftablewareorindeedkitchenwareandamphorae(thelargejarsusedthroughouttheMediterraneanforthetransportandstorageofliquids,suchaswineandoil).However,itisimpossibletodojusticetoRomanwaresonthepage,evenwhenwordscanbebackedupbyphotographsanddrawing.MostRomanpotteryislightandsmoothtotouchandverytough,although,likeallpottery,itshattersifdroppedonahardsurface.Itisgenerallymadewithcarefullyselectedandpurifiedclay,workedtothin-walledandstandardizedshapesonafastwheelandfiredinakiln(potteryoven)capableofensuringaconsistentfinish.Withhandmadepottery,inevitablythereareslightdifferencesbetweenindividualvesselsofthesamedesignandoccasionalminorblemishes(flaws).ButwhatstrikestheeyeandthetouchmostimmediayandmostpowerfullywithRomanpotteryisitsconsistenthighquality. 或酒或油之類液體的大型陶罐）時(shí)， 快速旋轉(zhuǎn)的圓盤上制成壁薄而形狀標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的坯子，然后放入陶器窯結(jié)，并確保Thisisnotjustanaestheticconsiderationbutalsoapracticalone.Thesearesolid(brittle,butnotfragile),theyarepleasantandeasytohandle(beinglightandsmooth),and,withtheirhardandsometimesglossy(smoothandshiny)surfaces,holdliquidswellandareeasytowash.Furthermore,theirregularandstandardizedshapeswouldhavemadethemsimpletostackandstore.WhenpeopletodayareshownaveryordinaryRomanpotand,inparticular,areallowedtohandleit,theyoftencommentonhowmodernitlooksandfeels,andtheyneedtobeconvincedofitstrueage.于很難相信其實(shí)際。AsimpressiveasthequalityofRomanpotteryisitssheermassiveWhenconsideringties,wewouldideallyliketohavesomeestimatesforoverallproductionfromparticularsitesofpotterymanufactureandforoverallconsumptionatspecificsettlements.Unfortunay,itisinthenatureofthearchaeologicalevidence,whichisalmostinvariablyonlyasampleofwhatonceexisted,thatsuchfigureswillalwaysbeelusive.However,noonewhohaseverworkedinthefieldwouldquestiontheabundanceofRomanpottery,particularlyintheMediterraneanregion.ThisabundanceisnotableinRomansettlements(especiallyurbansites)wherethelaborthatarchaeologistshavetoputintothewashingandsortingofpotsherds(fragmentsofpottery)constitutesahighproportionofthetotalworkduringtheinitialphasesof和其高質(zhì)量一樣讓人印象深刻的是羅馬陶器的巨大的數(shù)量。當(dāng)確定數(shù)量時(shí)，我們常喜歡去評(píng)估某一陶器生產(chǎn)地點(diǎn)生產(chǎn)陶器的總量以及某地居民對(duì)陶器的消。陶器數(shù)量之多在羅馬人區(qū)（尤其是城市遺址動(dòng)力去和整理陶器碎片。Onlyrarelycanwederiveany“real”tiesfromdepositsofbrokenHowever,thereisoneexceptionaldump,whichdoesrepresentaverylargepartofthesite’stotalhistoryofconsumptionandforwhichanestimateoftyhasbeenproduced.OntheleftbankoftheTiberRiverinRome,byoneoftheriverportsoftheancientcity,isasubstantialhillsome50metershighcalledMonteTestaccio.Itismadeupentirelyofbrokenoilamphorae,mainlyofthesecondandthirdA.D.IthasbeenestimatedthatMonteTestacciocontainstheremainsofsome53millionamphorae,inwhicharound6,000millionlitersofoilwereimportedintothecityfromoverseas.ImportsintoimperialRomeweresupportedbythefullmightofthestateandwerethereforequiteexceptional——butthesizeoftheoperationsatMonteTestaccio,andtheproductivityandcomplexitythatlaybehindthem,nonethelesscannotfailtoimpress.Thiswasasocietywithsimilaritiestomodernonemovinggoodsonagiganticscale,manufacturinghigh-qualitycontainerstoso,andoccasionally,ashere,evendiscardingthemon馬第伯爾河左岸上一座古代城市碼頭的旁邊有一座約50Monte山上約有5300萬(wàn)只油罐并由此從?？诹思s6億升的油。向羅馬進(jìn)口貨MonteTestaccio的制Romanpotterywastransportednotonlyin tiesbutalsosubstantialdistances.ManyRomanpots,inparticularamphoraeandthefinewaresdesignedforuseattables,couldtravelhundredsofallovertheMediterraneanandalsofurtherafield.ButmapsthatshowthevariousspotswhereRomanpotteryofaparticulartypehasbeenfoundlonlypartofthestory.Whatismoresignificantthananygeographicalspreadistheaccessthatdifferentlevelsofsocietyhadtogood-qualitypro