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Six - The Aegean Connection of East Locris

Exchange of Protogeometric Transport Amphoras and Other Ceramic Wares at Elateia and Kynos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2024

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Sigrid Jalkotzy-Deger  and
Stefanos Gimatzidis
Edited by
Stefanos Gimatzidis
Stefanos Gimatzidis
Affiliation:
Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna
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This paper examines the Protogeometric neck-handled type I transport amphoras at the sites of Elateia and Kynos in Locris, central Greece. Our NAA showed that these vases were imported to Locris most probably from the northern Aegean together with containers of other types such as belly-handled amphoras, which were all previously thought to have been local. The analytical evidence allows a new understanding of economic relations in the Aegean, especially between its northern and central parts. Finally, the PTAs from these sites represent evidence for their variable use in settlement and mortuary contexts such as those of the port site of Kynos and the cemetery of Elateia, where they were deposited as domestic refuse and burial gifts respectively.

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commodity exchangeElateiaKynosProtogeometric Transport Amphoras (PTAs)
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Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
Tracing Provenance and Socioeconomic Ties
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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