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collection of conference papers is wide-ranging in subject matter,
methodologically diverse, and, as often with such collections, somewhat
variable in quality. The purpose of the colloquium, held in Stockholm
in 1997, was to bring together scholars of ancient Mediterranean
ceramics from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, to present papers in
their native languages about "the role of pottery in society." Of the
twenty-two papers read at the conference, seventeen are published here
-- fortunately in English -- and Charlotte Scheffer has done an
excellent job of arranging and editing the volume.  Each paper is
preceded by an abstract, includes illustrations in the text, and
concludes with its own bibliography, making it particularly easy to
track down references.
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Like many other recent vase conferences, the Internordic Colloquium
managed to present a wide range of wares from Protovillanovan to West
Slope, to confront diverse iconographical problems, and to consider the
many roles of ancient pottery in cult, trade, and the afterlife.  As
such it is a very useful addition to the corpus of ancient ceramic
studies.