Summary of distribution in département 69-Rhône (France)
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Site name Description Amplepuis Simple open bowls are probably the commonest type in the Amplepuis assemblage, but there are also numbers of necked jars. Some are plain with one or more rows of simple marks at the shoulder but others feature more complex decorative schemes including bands of comb impressions, as found in the early levels at Roanne. There are a few moulded-rim jars illustrated from the Terrail site which may be of our class 1 or 2 (Perichon and Jacquet 1985, pl.20,2; pl.22,2; pl.23,3) but there are no fabric descriptions. The majority of the material is considered to be from `local' sources ( ibid., 74). Occupation at Anplepuis probably commences before the Caesarian period (the assemblage includes both Dressel 1a and 1b amphoras) but the publications also include early Roman material. Lyon It is reasonably clear that TF1, or any other vessels in the moulded-rim style, are not a significant component of the Lyon ceramic assemblage, or indeed on any site further south. The principal early Roman coarse ware jar from Lyon displays a horizontally rilled neck (e.g. Goudineau ed. 1989, fig.66,16, fig.71,75, fig.74,37, fig.76,8) which is clearly derived from the style of jar current on pre-conquest sites in the region such as Vienne (Chapotat 1970, pl.XLVII). However, M. Philip Thirion of the Direction Régionale des Antiquités Historiques de Rhône-Alpes informs the writer that there are be a few sherds from recently excavated sites in Lyon which may be compared with le type Besançon. These have not been examined.

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