04-24-2001, 02:08 PM
I'm afraid that I cannot answer any questions about mess halls, but lurking in the recesses of my brain is a picture of a barrack house with hearths. I think it may have been Arbeia.<br>
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Nonetheless, Paul Tyers has a short description of the pottery industry in Britain that is associated with military sites. When you consider that scale of the kilns at Usk and Longthorpe, and the use of immigrant potters, it appears the demand from the military was high. However, this doesn't answer the question of what was used when the troops were on campaign or exercise. Wooden bowls would be lighter to carry and considerably less prone to damage, but this would ignore the evidence for the use of patera.<br>
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(Paul Tyers 'Roman Pottery in Britain', Routledge 1996: pp.56-68 ) <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/uluciuscassius.showPublicProfile?language=EN>Lucius Cassius</A> at: 4/24/01 4:09:50 pm<br></i>
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Nonetheless, Paul Tyers has a short description of the pottery industry in Britain that is associated with military sites. When you consider that scale of the kilns at Usk and Longthorpe, and the use of immigrant potters, it appears the demand from the military was high. However, this doesn't answer the question of what was used when the troops were on campaign or exercise. Wooden bowls would be lighter to carry and considerably less prone to damage, but this would ignore the evidence for the use of patera.<br>
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(Paul Tyers 'Roman Pottery in Britain', Routledge 1996: pp.56-68 ) <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/uluciuscassius.showPublicProfile?language=EN>Lucius Cassius</A> at: 4/24/01 4:09:50 pm<br></i>
