Preface Acknowledgements 1. Presentation methodology Quantification General comments on wares - fabrics and forms 2. Late Republic to Early Imperial period Early occupation Phase 1: Mid-1st century AD Phase 2: 2nd century to early 3rd century 3. Domus construction (and use) Phase 3a: Early decades of mid-3rd century Early/(mid-) 3rd-century material redeposited in later phases Redeposited early (rather than mid-) 3rd-century contexts Phase 3b: Early to mid-4th century 4th-century material intrusive in mid-3rd-century Phase 3a deposits 4th- to early 5th-century material redeposited in later phases 4. Late 4th to late 5th century AD Phase 4: Late 4th century Phase 5: Early 5th-century reoccupation Late 4th- to early 5th-century material redeposited in later phases Phase 6: Mid- to late 5th century 5. The 6th century AD Phase 7: Early 6th century Phase 8: Mid-6th century Phase 9: Late 6th century 6. 5th- and mid- to late 6th-century material in later phases Mid- to late 6th-century contexts of interest from Phases 10, 14 and 16 5th-century material redeposited in MED phases 7. The aqueduct (Area E) Aqueduct construction Aqueduct collapse 8.

The Temple Mausoleum Phase 3: Mid-3rd to mid-4th century Phases 7 and 8: Early to mid-6th century Redeposited 3rd-5th-century material in Phases 9 to 16 9. The Monument area Phase 1: Mid-1st century AD Phase 2: 2nd century AD Phase 3: Mid-3rd to mid-4th century AD Phase 5: Late 4th to early 5th century AD Phase 6: Mid-5th century Phases 7 to 8: Later 5th to early 6th century AD Phases 9 to 16: Mid- to late 6th century AD onwards Late 1st- to mid-3rd-century material redeposited in later phases Other interesting contexts to the west of the Monument complex 10. Area G Description of site and sequence The contexts 2nd-century material prior to 4th-century phase 4th-century ceramic production waste Medieval phase 11. Area J: Bathhouse The contexts 12. Conclusions: pottery trends on the Vrina Plain and at Butrint Early Imperial to mid-Roman period: Late 1st century BC to mid-3rd century AD Late Roman: 4th to 7th centuries Appendix A The pottery typology of Butrint - local, regional and imported forms: general comments Regional fine wares Cooking vessels Other forms, local and imported Amphorae Appendix B Contexts from Forum I 1. Context 49 2. Context 530 3. Context 98 Appendix C Petrographic analysis of pottery from Butrint and environs Leandro Fantuzzi 1.

Regional-Epirote cooking wares and plain wares: chert fabrics 2. Cooking ware/plain ware fabrics with metamorphic contribution: regional or imported products? 3. Imported cooking ware fabrics 4. Amphorae with fine buff fabrics 5. 'Samian' and 'Ikarian' amphora fabrics 6. Other imported amphora fabrics 7. Fine ware fabrics Bibliography Index Colour Plates.