The dataset provides a distribution map of Rhenish stonewares between the 16th and 18th century. The data was collected from published archaeological data (print and online) available to the author. According the published information the pottery was classified to different wares (Cologne, Frechen, Siegburg, Raeren, Westerwald). Values are given for individual sherd numbers. If no information was given in the publication, the value is set to "1". Bibligraphic reference is given by author - date. Full bibliographic reference can be found in the pdf-file. The csv-file contains next to location name, bibliographic reference and pottery counts values for longitude and latitude. The coordinate reference is WGS 84 - EPSG:4326.