Hambach, Ulrich
Die römischen Töpfereien von Haltern
From 1990 to 1993, in front of the porta praetoria of the main camp in Haltern, a pottery district was discovered and archaeologically investigated, which existed at the same time as the camp. Unambiguous workshop buildings could not be identified, because the excavation section was too small. However, several kilns and pottery were uncovered. The range of types produced is considerably broader than in other Augustan military pottery workshops, and at the same time some types, such as the cooking pot types Ha 56 to 58, were produced in a veritable mass production.
The entire pottery district T8 was levelled in Roman times. Skeletons of 24 probably male individuals and one dog were uncovered, which had been thrown into the working pit of kiln 10 without grave goods and were covered with the rubble. Since both Germanic tribes and Romans would have cremated and buried their own dead, these are probably Germanic warriors who were buried after an attack.
Anthropological, archaeomagnetic, geochemical and mineral analyses of finds and features complete the investigation.
