Roman brick and tile Research Papers

Most remarkable in Roman brickwork – opus testaceum – are the shapes of the bricks as they were laid triangularly or polygonally with their longest edge to the face. These shapes were used to achieve the best bonding between the brick... more

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird aufgrund von intensivem Quellenstudium des lokalhistorisch relevanten Archivmaterials und Geländebeobachtungen, die Existenz der - nunmehr bereits durch erste Untersuchungen durch das BDA bestätigte -... more

Poster presented at the International Conference on Roman Brick and Tile : Past, present and future of the study of Roman ceramic building materials; Ghent, Friday 4th to Sunday 6th December 2015

Nachfolgend sollen die Funde aus der schon aufgefundenen Ziegelei im Bereich der Parzellen 441, 442 und 443 zusammengefasst werden. Eine umfangreichere Arbeit bezüglich des Ziegeleigewerbes im Umland des Kastells Locus Felicis ist in... more

In this work the author would like to describe the latest findings in the enviroment of the roman castell "Locus Felicis" near Wallsee-Sindelburg (Lower-Austria). The findings suggest that there had been at least one (maybe more) unknown... more

In der nachfolgenden Arbeit soll die neu aufgefundene römische Baukeramik, welche um St. Pantaleon-Erla und Wallsee-Sindelburg zu Tage trat bearbeitet und der Forschung zugänglich gemacht werden.Weiters wird am Ende der Abhandlung... more

Onderzoek naar de vormontwikkeling van de tegulae in het Romeinse militaire (grof)keramische productiecentrum op de Holdeurn bij Nijmegen. Daarbij is inzicht verkregen in de ontwikkeling van de baksels, vorm van de onderuitsnijdingen,... more

Overzicht van de stand van zaken van een langlopend onderzoek naar de productie en het gebruik van Romeinse grofkeramiek in het Maasdal tussen Roermond in Venlo (Nederlands-Limburg).

La production tégulaire est un élément important dans la structure économique de la province de Dacie. Les produits tégulaires ont été réalisé dans des of¿ cines civiles ou particuliers. En Dacie ont été identi¿ é 24 des fours et plus du... more

Van 1987 tot en met 1997 is in Nijmegen een groot deel van het terrein van het Sint Canisiuscollege, een voormalig jongensinternaat aan de Berg en Dalseweg, opgegraven om woningbouw mogelijk te maken. Op grond van eerder onderzoek werden... more

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- by Rien Polak and +2
  Marenne Zandstra
  Rene Kloosterman
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  Archaeozoology, Roman Pottery, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Roman brick and tile

Atti del I workshop "Laterizio" (Roma, 27-28 novembre 2014)

The roof tiles found at the fortified establishment of Kastraki, in Agathonisi belong to plain undecorated tiled roofs of the so- called corinthian type. From the data which have been so far revealed in the course of the excavation, the... more

This study analyses the types and use contexts of ceramic roof tiles in the eastern part of the Roman Empire. Despite ceramic roof tiles being one of the most frequent finds from archaeological excavations and surveys of this period from... more

This study analyses the types and use contexts of ceramic roof tiles in the eastern part of the Roman Empire. Despite ceramic roof tiles being one of the most frequent finds from archaeological excavations and surveys of this period from the Mediterranean area, they have not received much interest in research. In particular, the study of plain, undecorated, or unstamped tiles has been extremely limited considering the volume of material found.

This study looks at roof tile assemblages from three different excavations across the eastern Mediterranean from northern Greece and from the environs of Petra in Jordan. Based on this body of material, and collecting comparative evidence from published research, the study builds a picture of the types of roof tiles used in the area during the Roman period. By doing this, it addresses a sizable gap in our knowledge on the typological development and regional distribution of roof tile types in the study area. Chronologically, the research covers a period from the 1st to the 5th centuries CE, coinciding with the Roman dominance in the area. Spatially, it reaches from Roman Greece to the Roman Near East.

In this study, methods typically applied in the study of plain pottery have been adapted to this material, namely the study of forms (typology) and the study of fabrics (compositional analysis). Typology is used as the key explanatory tool for the material. In addition, the study uses x-ray fluorescence (microXRF) to analyse the composition of the tile fabrics from one of the assemblages, in order to study the particulars of the production process.

The results shed new light on the practice of roof tiling in the eastern part of the Mediterranean, on regional types and variations of tile types in the Roman period, and on societal aspects related to tile production and use. Despite the conservatism apparent in the general forms, the study recognizes potential typological traits in the Roman-period tile types. Moreover, it highlights the regional variation present in this seemingly uniform material. The study confirms that the tile types used in this area are derivatives of earlier eastern types, rather than emulations of Roman types, and an adherence to the use of the specific combinations of pan and cover tiles that originally defined the early Greek tile systems (Laconian, Corinthian, and hybrid) continues throughout the period under study.

The data underlying the research does not currently allow for the development of full regional typologies, but a preliminary hypothesis is formed about the tile regions in the study area for the Roman period. Three separate macro regions are identified, based on the types of tile used, corresponding roughly to Roman Greece, Roman Asia Minor, and the Roman Near East.

In addition to defining tile regions and types, the study reveals a large variation in the use contexts of roof tiles in this area during the Roman period, which is reflected in the presence and frequency of tiles in the archaeological landscape. In summary, while frequent in the Greek archaeological record of the Roman period, ceramic tile has a very low to minimal penetration into the Roman-period countryside of the Near East, in particular in southern Levant. In this area, tile use contexts are limited to public urban and grander domestic architecture.

The results clearly indicate that with improved documentation of tile assemblages, valuable new data would become available for archaeological research in this area.

con antefisse), da costruzione (mattoni di varie forme), da rivestimento strutturale (mattoni da pavimentazione, lastre per intonaco) e decorativo (terrecotte architettoniche). La certezza della produzione in loco è data dalla generale... more

This paper describes the extensive roof tile and brick material recovered from the excavations of the Early Christian basilica of Paliambela in N Greece. It makes a comprehensive analysis of the typology of the material as well as aspects... more

Roman roof tiles: issues of shape, installation and use The ancient roof tile has received less scholarly attention than pottery. In some parts of the Roman world tiles were so common that they go almost unnoticed by most modern... more

The study of lime mortars and architectural terracotta not only enables a better definition of construction techniques and of different building stages, but also makes it possible to characterize the original construction site. The... more

САДРЖАЈ 8 | Предговор РИМСКА НАЛАЗИШТА У СРПСКОМ ПОДУНАВЉУ И ЗАЛЕЂУ 14 | Стефан Поп-Лазић, Љубомир Јевтовић, Вујадин Вујадиновић, Римски лимес и провинције на територији данашње Србијe 20 | Стефан Поп-Лазић, Вујадин Вујадиновић, Илија... more

САДРЖАЈ 8 | Предговор РИМСКА НАЛАЗИШТА У СРПСКОМ ПОДУНАВЉУ И ЗАЛЕЂУ 14 | Стефан Поп-Лазић, Љубомир Јевтовић, Вујадин Вујадиновић, Римски лимес и провинције на територији данашње Србијe 20 | Стефан Поп-Лазић, Вујадин Вујадиновић, Илија Данковић, Војна опрема 28 | Стефан Поп-Лазић, Сингидунум 36 | Снежана Голубовић, Немања Мрђић, Миомир Кораћ, Виминациjум 44 | Иван Богдановић, Драгана Рогић, Соња Вуковић-Богдановић, Виминацијумски амфитеатар 50 | Мирјана Војвода, Саша Реџић, Циркулација римског новца у српском делу лимеса (I-V век) 56 | Оливера Илић, Пољопривреда у средњем подунављу током римског периода 64 | Ангелина Раичковић Савић, Љубомир Јевтовић, Ана Богдановић, Керамички материјал 72 | Илија Данковић, Бебина Миловановић, Милица Марјановић, Од девојчице до matronae: животни ток жена на лимесу 82 | Снежана Николић, Милица Марјановић, Римске уљане лампе -профана и сакрална намена 88 | Снежана Голубовић, Медицински инструменти 94 | Снежана Голубовић, Сахрањивање у римском периоду 100 | Илија Микић, Антрополошки типови са Виминацијума и покушај реконструкције њихових лица 106 | Соња Вуковић-Богдановић, Људи и животиње на горњомезијском лимесу: археозоолошка сведочанства 112 | Надежда Гавриловић Витас, Римска религија и култови на дунавском Лимесу у Србији 126 | Ивана Поповић, Порфирне скулптуре из српског дела регије лимеса, као сведочанство о њеном стратешко-пропагандном значају у доба касне антике 160 | Гордана Јеремић, Рано хришћанство на лимесу 166 | Стефан Поп-Лазић, Феликс Ромулијана (Гамзиград) 172 | Надежда Гавриловић Витас, Касноантичка Медијана 182 | Гордана Јеремић, Naissus -римски и рановизантијски град CONTENTS 9 | Foreword ROMAN SITES IN SERBIAN DANUBE REGION AND ITS HINTERLAND 15 | Stefan Pop-Lazić, Ljubomir Jevtović, Vujadin Vujadinović, Roman Limes and provinces at the territory of modern Serbia 21 | Stefan Pop-Lazić, Vujadin Vujadinović, Ilija Danković, Military equipment 29 | Stefan Pop-Lazić, Singidunum 37 | Snežana Golubović, Nemanja Mrđić, Miomir Korać, Viminacium 45 | Ivan Bogdanović, Dragana Rogić, Sonja Vuković-Bogdanović, Th e amphitheatre of Viminacium 51 | Mirjana Vojvoda, Saša Redžić, Cicrculation of Roman coins in the Serbian part of the limes (1 st -5 th century) 57 | Olivera Ilić, Agriculture in the middle and lower Danube region during the roman period 65 | Angelina Raičković Savić, Ljubomir Jevtović, Ana Bogdanović, Ceramic material 73 | Ilija Dankovic, Bebina Milovanovic, Milica Marjanovic, From a girl to a matrona: the life course of the women on the limes 83 | Snežana Nikolić, Milica Marjanović, Roman oil lamps -profane and sacral use 89 | Snežana Golubović, Medical instruments 95 | Snežana Golubović, Buriаls of the Roman period 101 | Ilija Mikić, Anthropological types of Viminacium and the attempt to reconstruct faces 107 | Sonja Vuković-Bogdanović, Humans and animals on the Upper Moesian limes: Archaeozoological testimonie 113 | Nadežda M. Gavrilović Vitas, Roman Religion and Cults on the Danube Limes in Serbia 127 | Ivana Popović, Porphyry sculptures from the Serbian part of limes region as testimony of its strategic-popaganda signifi cance in the Late Roman period 161 | Gordana Jeremić, Early christianity on the limes 167 | Stefan Pop-Lazić, Felix Romuliana (Gamzigrad) 173 | Nadežda Gavrilović Vitas, Late Roman Mediana 183 | Gordana Jeremić, Naissus -a Roman and Early Byzantine city 6 188 | Извори 189 | Скраћенице 191 | Литература KATALOG 210 | Скраћенице за називе институција које чувају предмете 212 | Стефан Поп-Лазић, Вујадин Вујадиновић, Илија Данковић, Наоружање и војна опрема 233 | Иван Богдановић, Драгана Рогић, Соња Вуковић-Богдановић, Виминацијумски амфитеатар 239 | Мирјана Војвода, Саша Реџић, Циркулација новца у српском делу лимеса 282 | Ангелина Раичковић-Савић, Љубомир Јевтовић, Ана Богдановић, Керамички материјал 306 | Илија Данковић, Бебина Миловановић, Милица Марјановић, Од девојчице до matronae: животни ток жена на лимесу 329 | Снежана Николић, Милица Марјановић, Римске уљане лампе -профана и сакрална намена 353 | Снежана Голубовић, Медицински инструменти 365 | Илија Микић, Антрополошки типови са Виминацијума и покушај реконструкције њихових лица 367 | Соња Вуковић-Богдановић, Људи и животиње на горњомезијском лимесу: археозоолошка сведочанства 372 | Надежда Гавриловић-Витас, Стефан Поп-Лазић, Римска религија и култови на дунавском Лимесу у Србији 378 | Ивана Поповић, Порфирне скулптуре из српског дела регије лимеса, као сведочанство о њеном стратешко-пропагандном значају у доба касне антике 382 | Ивана Поповић, Стефан Поп-Лазић, Феликс Ромулијана (Гамзиград) 385 | Надежда Гавриловић-Витас, Ивана Поповић, Касноантичка Медијана и Ниш 7 188 | Sources 189 | Abbreviations 191 | Literature CATALOGUE 211 | Abreviations for names of Institutions that keep the artefacts 212 | Stefan Pop-Lazić, Vujadin Vujadinović, Ilija Danković, Military equipment 233 | Ivan Bogdanović, Dragana Rogić, Sonja Vuković-Bogdanović, Th e amphitheatre of Viminacium 239 | Mirjana Vojvoda, Saša Redžić, Cicrculation of Roman coins in the Serbian part of the limes (1 st -5 th century) 282 | Angelina Raičković-Savić, Ljubomir Jevtović, Ana Bogdanović, Ceramic material 306 | Ilija Danković, Bebina Milovanović, Milica Marjanović, From a girl to a matrona: the life course of the women on the limes 329 | Snežana Nikolić, Milica Marjanović, Roman oil lamps -profane and sacral use 353 | Snežana Golubović, Medical instruments 365 | Ilija Mikić, Anthropological types of Viminacium and the attempt to reconstruct faces 367 | Sonja Vukovic-Bogdanović, People and animals on the Upper Moesian limes: Archaeozoological testimonie 372 | Nadežda M. Gavrilović-Vitas, Stefan Pop-Lazić, Roman Religion and Cults on the Danube Limes in Serbia 378 | Ivana Popović, Porphyry sculptures from the Serbian part of limes region as testimony of its strategic-propaganda signifi cance in the Late Roman period 382 | Ivana Popović, Stefan Pop-Lazić, Felix Romuliana (Gamzigrad) 385 | Nadežda Gavrilović-Vitas, Ivana Popović, Late Roman Mediana and Niš Београда, Историјски музеј Србије, Народни Музеј -Пожаревац, Музеј Крајине -Неготин, Народни музеј -Зајечар, Народни музеј -Ниш. У изради изложбе учествовали су следећи ко-аутори:

The paper examines the epigraphic dossier regarding Annia Arescusa, a domina involved in the manufacture of different kinds of construction material, architectural terracottas (“Lastre campana”), bricks and tiles. The terracotta plaques... more

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- by Silvia Braito
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  Latin Epigraphy, Roman Economy, Roman Circuses, Roman brick and tile

This paper examines a unusual method of vault construction that was confined to a series of Roman bath buildings (over 150 examples) in France, Morocco, the Iberian peninsula, and Britain. The vaults were built with ribs composed of... more

This paper examines a unusual method of vault construction that was confined to a series of Roman bath buildings (over 150 examples) in France, Morocco, the Iberian peninsula, and Britain. The vaults were built with ribs composed of bricks formed with projecting flanges at the intrados (i.e., the "armchair voussoirs"). When made into an arch the bricks formed flanged ribs, which in turn supported flat tiles in between them at the intrados and extrados such that hollow spaces were created. This technique is often said to have been used to create heated ceilings in the warm rooms of baths, but, in fact, it was first developed for unheated rooms using only a single slab between the ribs. Rather, the original purpose appears to have been aimed at creating a lightweight, moisture proof vault that could be built with minimum wooden centering. Later, it could have been used for heated vaults, but definitive evidence is lacking. Interestingly, the largest known example occurs in the cold room (10 m span) of the North Baths at Cimiez (Nice, France). A thrust line analysis of this vault demonstrates that the structure would not have been stable if roofed with a normal concrete or stone vault, thus implying that, in this case, the technique was used mainly for structural reasons. A chronological study of the development of the technique reveals much about the changing social and economic context of the regions in which it was used. The early examples (first century CE) were in small public baths in cities of southern France, which was undergoing a period of urbanization beginning under Augustus, but by the second century, the technique was used largely in private villa baths. It seems to have been adopted as a type of prefabricated bath building kit that responded to the desire of wealthy Roman landowners to embellish their countryside villas with small, luxurious bath buildings. Following the development of this one vaulting technique provides insight into both the socio-economic factors leading to its adoption and the ways in which it was adapted to solve constructional, structural, and functional issues.
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"In dit boek worden de resultaten gepresenteerd van het archeologisch onderzoek dat in 1946-1947 in Vechten is uitgevoerd onder supervisie van A.E. van Giffen. In een aaneengesloten zone van 90x30 m en enkele losse putten en sleuven... more

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- by Rien Polak and +1
  Marenne Zandstra
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  Roman Pottery, Terra Sigillata, Roman brick and tile, Roman Small Finds

Brigetio (Komárom-Szony, Hungary), the garrison of the legio I adiutrix, was one of the major towns of Roman Pannonia. Research excavations in the civil town beginning in 1992, uncovered large quantities of ceramic building material,... more

La lunga vita e l'eredità del laterizio romano nella storia dell'architettura ATTI DEL III CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE "LATERIZIO"

Dozens of Roman tile kilns have come to light in Pannonia during the last one hundred years. This paper summarizes the published tile manufacturing workshops of Pannonia in present-day Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia. In... more

Ein Großbetrieb des Obergermanischen Heeres

Si considerano in questa sede alcuni bolli su laterizio, rinvenuti a Montegrotto Terme negli scavi della Scuola di Specializzazione in Archeologia dell'Università di Padova durante le campagne 2001 e 20021, i quali costituiscono un quadro... more

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- by Gligor Adrian Borza
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  Roman brick and tile, Apulum, Roman bricks

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- by Guillaume Lebrun
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  Petrology, Roman brick and tile

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  antonio pugliese
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  Archaeology, Roman History, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy

Tra le attestazioni della presenza, nell'Etruria settentrionale costiera, di importanti famiglie senatorie sono da annoverare numerosi bolli doliari 1 . Ad essi sono probabilmente da aggiungere alcuni bolli su tegole dal testo spesso... more

The province of Thrace was established in ca. AD 45-46 on the territory of the last Thracian Kingdom. In the course of more than two hundred years, between the second half of the First and the late Third century, ceramic production was... more

The authors examine one large two-chambered kiln with rectangular plan, discovered on the south side of St. Atanas bay. On the basis of many parallels of similar structures from nowadays Bulgaria and Romania the kiln was dated to the 6th... more

In 2010 and 2012 archeao-geophysical prospection on parts of the Roman Fort Ad Militare were conducted. Those were the first surveys in what is today Croatia in which precise Roman Limes military architecture layouts were defined. The... more

In Lower Germany archaeological evidence of brick- and tile-production on a significant scale is missing in the first half of the 1st century AD; only at a few sites along the rivers Rhine and Lippe can first attempts be recognized. Based... more

Stadt Frankfurt a. M.: großflächige Untersuchung einer militärischen Produktionsstätte der Römischen Kaiserzeit

Nick VAN LIEFFERINGE Tijdens een archeologische terreinverkenning op 21 december 2013 werd een dense concentratie dakpanfragmenten (tegulae en imbrices) aangetroffen ter hoogte van de Lastberg in Pellenberg. Op de nabijgelegen Tichelberg... more

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  Archaeology, Roman History, Landscape Archaeology, Roman Economy

In the archaeological excavations of a brick kiln, belonging to a large rustic building of the Roman period, discovered in 2009 in Villandro-Villanders (Bolzano), three inscribed bricks were found. One of them has a writing exercise, that... more

This article presents a preliminary typology of the bricks and tubuli found during the excavation of the late Roman bath at ‘Ayn Gharandal, Jordan. It also provides a brief discussion of their use within the heating system. The typologies... more

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