Internat J Naut Archaeol 33 (1)

Investigations of Kinlochbervie, conducted between 1997 and 2003, have recorded a shipwreck site and recovered the largest collection of Italian Renaissance pottery ever discovered from an archaeological context in Scotland. This paper details work carried out and discusses the possible dating and nationality of the ship in the context of maritime contacts within western Europe at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth centuries. Includes

An assemblage of pottery and bricks recovered during two seasons of diving has been sorted by fabric and vessel type, quantified and analysed. A substantial quantity of Italian maiolica, including examples of the grotesque style, and others from Montelupo and other Italian manufactories, has been considered from an art historical perspective, while a range of more utilitarian earthenwares, including olive jars and micaceous redwares, are also present. The chronology of this assemblage is discussed, together with the functions of particular types and an interpretation of the origin of the ship on which they were carried. Includes

Definitions of the terms 'clench' and 'rivet' proposed by A E Christensen are evaluated using the etymology of those terms and recent usage. An alternative definition of 'clench' is proposed, and definitions of 'hooked nail' and 'turned nail' are introduced. It is suggested that the term `rivet' should be restricted to ferrous fastenings used with metal plates.