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terms of availability, cost and also conservatism. As on most sites of this period in the
country, vessel repair and re-use is extremely common, and it raises many questions in
terms of both dating and consumption patterns.
100%
90%
80%
70%
Industrial Refined Earthenwares
Coarse Earthenwares
Stonewares
Tin-Glazed Earthenware
European Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain
Sherd Count
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
pre 1730 1730-1784 1784-1830 1830-1902 1902-1958 1958-2002
Figure 8. Changing Proportions of Major Pottery Types
As a final look at the ceramics from the site, it is worth conducting a preliminary analysis
of the distribution of pottery types between rooms; to avoid as much as possible problems
of re-deposition and re-use, only pottery from the occupation and immediate
abandonment phases (4-5) of the rooms have been included (Table 5). It shows a very
interesting pattern; by far and away the rooms with the finest tablewares are the school
room and dormitory – here Chinese export porcelain and tin-glazed earthenwares
dominate the assemblages while most of the other rooms – particularly the infirmary,
Bishop’s room and Miller’s room have proportionately much more stonewares and coarse
earthenwares. The corridor, library and annexe all have very little ceramics,
unsurprisingly.
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