The Early Medieval Pottery from Quentovic: An Interim Note

The site of the early medieval emporium of Quentovic in northern France has been the subject of debate for many years. Recent work has located the site and this note relates to the early medieval ceramic assemblage recovered during excavations in 1985 and 1986. Future work should establish a local pottery sequence which will have implications for assemblages from similar sites in England with imported wares as well as for European assemblages. The close similarity of this assemblage to the imported wares found at Middle Saxon Southampton is noted although a full understanding of the implications of this fact must await further investigations.