The presentation of a large ceramic corpus from Hamadab, an ancient town on the Middle Nile, provides an important contribution to the research on Meroitic pottery. The systematic analysis of kiln wasters and domestic assemblages of the 2nd to 4th centuries A.D. offers new insights into production technologies and ceramic use in a past African community. By incorporating multiple lines of investigation, including fabric analyses, contextual studies and ethnoarchaeological observations, this book will provide an important methodological framework for future studies.