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Two Prehistoric Sites in Chalcidice

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The excavations described in the following report took place in the spring of 1928. Two weeks were spent at each site. The party consisted of the Assistant-Director, Mr. J. D. S. Pendlebury, Mr. C. A. Ralegh Radford, and Miss S. Benton, students of the School. Mrs. Heurtley again very kindly undertook the duties of caterer and cook. At Molyvópyrgo we lived in tents on the sea-shore; at Hágios Mámas we took the upper floor of a house in the village of Myrióphyto, where we had as neighbours the American expedition under Dr. D. M. Robinson, which was excavating Olynthus. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. S. Pendlebury, Mr. R. W. Hutchinson and Mr. O. Davies gave invaluable assistance in the work of marking, studying and drawing the sherds in Salonika during the first three weeks of October. Generous grants towards the excavations were received from the British Association, from the Trustees of the Craven Fund, Cambridge, from the Classical Society, Cambridge, and from friends, to all of whom we wish to express our profound gratitude.

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page 118 note 1 Mr. Davies made some very valuable notes on the ‘Minyan’ ware, which I have made free use of in the following report. Mr. and Mrs. Pendlebury did most of the drawings; the plans, sections, etc. are the work of Mr. Ralegh Radford.

page 118 note 2 Cf. Wace, in B.S.A. xxi, p. 12Google Scholar, and Struck, , Makedonische Fahrten, I, p. 40Google Scholar.

page 118 note 3 Cf. p. 181, note 2.

page 119 note 1 Vardaróftsa, p. 9, Fig. 7.

page 120 note 1 The N.-E. angle of Trench J. All vertical measurements are given in depths below this point.

page 121 note 1 In some of these trenches the lowest levels were removed in ¼-metre depths, in order to obtain a more accurate stratification of the Neolithic remains, and the finds are marked to shew this. US = unstratified.

page 122 note 1 The ‘points charbonneux’ of the Gona Report (B.C.H. xli–xliii, Part I, Pl. XVIII). Many are fragments of charcoal or ash, but some are due to decayed vegetable matter.

page 124 note 1 The diagram on p. 146 is, however, based solely on the pits of Group I.

page 124 note 2 Cf. diagram, p. 124.

page 124 note 3 The pottery associated with the house-remains in Pit N was, however, absolutely pure.

page 125 note 1 E.g. mottled, rippled and, rarely, white on black-polished. It is possible that decoration by means of punctured dots or incised wedges below the rim was taken over from a Neolithic usage.

page 125 note 2 A subdivision of Period A into an earlier and a later part, suggested at Vardaróftsa, is confirmed here by the cessation of certain types and the appearance of new about half-way through the deposit. But there is no cultural break, and, until the evidence is confirmed from other sites, it seems better to treat the Period as a whole. The division between the two phases is indicated on the diagrams on p. 146 by a dotted line.

page 125 note 3 For full stratigraphic details, cf. diagram, p. 146.

page 125 note 4 Cf. however, p. 130.

page 126 note 1 Cf. P.T. p. 17, p. 103, Fig. 53.

page 126 note 2 Cf. ibid. p. 16.

page 128 note 1 Cf. Várdino, Fig. IV, 1–11.

page 128 note 2 Cf. ibid. 12–16.

page 128 note 3 Some of these handles are waisted, as at Várdino. Cf. also P.T. 105, Fig. 55, a. A broad-plate handle, of the same shape as the characteristic handle of matt-painted ware (cf. Vardaróftsa, Fig. 41, C3 and p. 57), was picked up on the surface.

page 128 note 4 Cf. P.T. p. 17; p. 105, Fig. 55, Várdino, p. 19, Pl. VIII, 1–4, 11–16, Pl. IX, Pl. X, 5, 10, 11. Both in Thessaly and at Várdino the patterns are more varied, but the fabric is identical in all three areas.

page 128 note 5 Cf. P.T. p. 17; p. 105, Fig. 55, n–p.

page 129 note 1 Frankfort, p. 30.

page 129 note 2 On one sherd concentric semicircles are faintly visible.

page 129 note 3 P.T. p. 17; p. 105, Fig. 55, m.

page 129 note 4 Cf. Frankfort, p. 42, note 3.

page 129 note 5 Dörpfeld, , Alt-Ithaka, Beilage 86aGoogle Scholar.

page 129 note 6 Várdino, p. 21.

page 129 note 7 Cf. Mylonas, , Olynthus, Fig. 23Google Scholar.

page 130 note 1 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. I.

page 130 note 2 Cf. ibid. Fig. 8.

page 130 note 3 An early Helladic type. Cf. Zygouriés, Figs. 74, 77.

page 131 note 1 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. II.

page 131 note 2 Cf. ibid. Nos. 1, 2, 4, and Casson, Antig. Journal, vi. Pl. VIII, Fig. 2.

page 131 note 3 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. II, 5.

page 131 note 4 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. III (a).

page 131 note 5 And actually occurs at Molyvópyrgo. Cf. Fig. 38, 10.

page 131 note 6 No. 3 is slipped and polished. Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. IV, 1–4; also numerous similar cups from Troy, Settlements II–V.

page 132 note 1 These look like prototypes of the ‘thumb-grip’ handles. Cf. Fig. 20, 3, 7; S. S. No. 1679; also B.S.A. xxii. Pl. VI, 1 (from Korákou).

page 132 note 2 Found in the kiln.

page 132 note 3 A typical Early Helladic shape. Cf. Zygouriés, Figs. 95–97.

page 132 note 4 Cf. Zygouriés, Figs. 101, 104, 107.

page 132 note 5 In the photograph the slight excrescences on the right side of the vase mark the points where the ends of the handle were attached. This vase was found in the kiln.

page 132 note 6 Cf. S. S. No. 595.

page 132 note 7 As lids for jars cf. S. S. No. 458: as lids for pyxides cf. ibid. 1739–40. Cf. also Cycladic examples in marble and clay (cf. B.S.A. xxii. Pl. IX).

page 132 note 8 Cf. Zygouriés, Pl. VII, 2.

page 132 note 9 Anticipates the ungrooved variety of B 2, cf. p. 139.

page 132 note 10 For similar handles cf. Παπαβασιλείου, Περὶ τῶν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ ἀρχαίων τἀφων Pl. I A′.

page 132 note 11 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. V.

page 133 note 1 Cf. Zygouriés, Pl. X, 1, 2.

page 133 note 2 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. VI.

page 134 note 1 Cf. Casson, op. cit., Pl. IX, Fig. 1.

page 134 note 2 Precisely similar handles with similar crossed lines have been found at Saratz and Kritsaná (1929).

page 134 note 3 Cf. Rey, p. 213, Fig. 29; where the design is enclosed in parallel lines, making a ribbon.

page 135 note 1 Shape not certain.

page 135 note 2 The incised decoration in both this vase and the two preceding have been filled with paste for photographing.

page 135 note 3 Cf. Zygouriés, Fig. 100, 3.

page 135 note 4 Cf. Eutresis, Fig. 11, 7; cf. also Fig. 37, 9 (from Molyvópyrgo).

page 135 note 5 Cf. preceding note. There are similar ridges on the opposite side of this vase; it is quite possible that there was a corresponding tubular handle on that side. If so, the asymmetry is due to faulty making or to the collapse of the kiln.

page 136 note 1 Cf. Fig. 37, 10 (from Molyvópyrgo).

page 136 note 2 Both these types are found in Coarse ware as well.

page 136 note 3 No. 2 is from the kiln.

page 136 note 4 For this shape, cf. Zygouriés, Figs. 104–107, and Eutresis, Fig. 12, 2, 6.

page 137 note 1 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. VII (a), 1–10.

page 137 note 2 From the kiln.

page 137 note 3 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. VII, (b), 1–7.

page 138 note 1 Cf. Fig. 49.

page 138 note 2 Cf. Fig. 19, 7–9.

page 139 note 1 Cf. Vardaróftsa, p. 17.

page 139 note 2 In this case it is not always easy to be certain.

page 140 note 1 There are a few cases in which a finer tool was used, e.g. Fig. 18, 3.

page 140 note 2 Cf. Fig. 38, 11, from Molyvópyrgo.

page 140 note 3 The goblets are made in two pieces. Cf. p. 167, note 1, Fig. 19, 8, 9 (yellow), are rims of such goblets.

page 141 note 1 Cf. Vardaróftsa, p. 18, Pl. IX.

page 141 note 2 On the analogy of Rey, Pl. XVIII, 3.

page 141 note 3 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. IX (a), 6.

page 142 note 1 Cf. Fig. 13, 11.

page 142 note 2 A common Trojan type. Cf. S. S. 1496.

page 142 note 3 E.g. Fig. 20, 1, 2.

page 142 note 4 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. XIII. Perhaps Fig. 12, 13, is a local equivalent.

page 142 note 5 Ibid. p. 20, Pl. XIV (a).

page 142 note 6 In the light of these excavations the shape and fabric need not be regarded as derived from yellow Minyan of the south. The bowl with everted rim in polished yellow fabric has a tradition in Chalcidice dating back to Period A. But the use of matt-paint may be due to southern contacts.

page 144 note 1 For the shape cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. XII (b), 2.

page 145 note 1 Cf. B.M. Cat., Fig. 261 (which, however, has three handles). In our example the decoration consists of horizontal bands dispersed at intervals round neck and body. On the shoulder between the bands a series of vertical strokes can be distinguished.

page 145 note 2 Cf. ibid. Fig. 207.

page 145 note 3 Cf. ibid. Pl. XIV, A 955.

page 145 note 4 Cf. Korákou, Fig. 84, or perhaps a stemmed krater, ibid. Fig. 91.

page 145 note 5 Cf. B.M. Cat., Fig. 234.

page 145 note 6 Cf. ibid. Fig. 233.

page 145 note 7 Cf. ibid. Fig. 209.

page 145 note 8 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. XIV (b).

page 145 note 9 This type is found in corresponding strata at Vardaróftsa, Várdino, and Bouboústi, and seems therefore to be typical of the end of the Bronze Age. Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. X (a), 7, 9, 10, 11.

page 145 note 10 Cf. Fig. 20, 4, 8.

page 147 note 1 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Fig. 16, 1–5; Fig. 17.

page 147 note 2 Found inside pot (Fig. 33, d) in the kiln.

page 147 note 3 Mr. O. Davies suggests that this line represents the join of the two parts of the mould, which would appear on the bronze original, of which this is a copy. But it may be only a simple kind of facetting.

page 149 note 1 Found on the surface. Cf. the Trojan battle-axes: S. S. No. 7182.

page 149 note 2 Resembles Cycladic marble.

page 149 note 3 Analysis of a bronze pin from H. Mámos.

The bronze was very much rusted, and all the copper had dissolved out from the inside. Thus the proportional percentage of copper was probably originally higher, and it is quite likely that originally there was not more than 3 or 4 per cent, of tin. It can thus be called a poor-tin bronze, and it is plain that even in Mycenaean times tin was economised for objects that did not matter. Compare the pure copper kettle from Mycenae analysed by Schliemann.

The above analysis was made by Mr. O. Davies, to whom Sir Charles Martin of the Lister Institute very kindly afforded the necessary facilities.

page 149 note 4 Found inside a small pot.

page 149 note 5 Most have three flutings, one has two, one four.

page 149 note 6 The central one is perforated vertically as well as horizontally.

page 149 note 7 Marked X on the illustration.

page 149 note 8 One, much damaged, not illustrated.

page 150 note 1 Thanks are due to Dr. K. Hatzissarantos, Assistant Director of the Zoological Museum at Athens, for the information that the teeth are those of dog and pig and the claws those of cat.

page 150 note 2 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Fig. 21.

page 150 note 3 As at Vardaróftsa, the spheroid and the cylindrical are typical of Period A: the biconical type is there commoner in the later periods. Cf. Vardaróftsa, pp. 34, 36.

page 151 note 1 Cf. ibid. Fig. 22.

page 151 note 2 One has two perforations.

page 151 note 3 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Fig. 24, 1. One was in the kiln.

page 151 note 4 Cf. Rey, Pl. XXXVI.

page 151 note 5 Cf. S. S., Nos. 8831–8835; a fragment of another (unstratified) was also found.

page 152 note 1 B.S.A. xxvii. 41Google Scholar, Settlement 11.

page 152 note 2 B.C.H. xli–xlii. 146Google Scholar.

page 153 note 1 Cf. House S, Room 39, at Zygouriés. Zygouriés, Fig. 14, p. 20; also semicircular hearths set against walls in Early Helladic houses at Eutresis. Eutresis, Figs. 15, 22. Almost all the pottery associated with these walls at Hágios Mámas belongs to Period A.

page 155 note 1 Dolgozatok, 1911, V. 315, Fig. 20, and p. 398.

page 155 note 2 Ibid. V. 313, Fig. 18, and p. 397.

page 155 note 3 Ebert, , Reallexikon, VII, Pl. 25 aGoogle Scholar.

page 155 note 4 A.J.A. xxxiii, 58, Fig. 6, and p. 98Google Scholar. I have also to thank Mr. R. S. Darbishire for allowing me to see his unpublished notes of this discovery. [The kiln has since been published by MrMylonas, . Excavations at Olynthus, I, pp. 1218Google Scholar.—W. A. H.]

page 155 note 5 Antike Denkmäler, I, Pl. VIII, 1, 12, 15, 22 and 26.

page 155 note 6 The report on the bones from both sites is due to the kindness of Miss D. M. A. Bate of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington; that on the shells to Lt.-Col. A. J. Peile, R.A. Mr. L. H. Dudley Buxton of Exeter College, Oxford, kindly examined the fragment of skull.

page 156 note 1 Wace, (B.S.A. xxi. 1215)Google Scholar shews that the evidence in favour of the identification of Olynthus and Mekýverna was already very strong, and although the recent American excavations have failed to produce epigraphical evidence, the remains uncovered are conclusive (Robinson, in A.J.A. xxxiii. 74Google Scholar). Cf. Struck, , Makedonische Fahrten, i. pp. 3956Google Scholar, and Χρυσοχόος in ᾿Επετηρὶς τοῦ Παρνασσοῦ iii. 142151Google Scholar.

page 156 note 2 Struck, loc. cit., regards this mound as part of the site, but the absence of pottery on the surface renders this doubtful. After the excavation of the prehistoric site we began a series of trial trenches on its northern slope. No pottery was found in the surface level, but bad weather necessitated their abandonment before the natural gravel had been reached. The soil at a depth of 80 cm. appeared to be undisturbed, but the evidence was not conclusive.

page 157 note 1 The remains at the old mouth of the Sándanos River cannot be earlier than the Hellenic period (Struck, op. cit., 40: ‘Baureste aus Quadern auf—die möglicherweise von einer Hafenanlage herrühren’). It is possible that they belong to one of the Chalcidean towns, which Perdikkas persuaded their inhabitants to desert in favour of Olynthus (Thucydides, I. 58).

page 161 note 1 Sectors A, B 1, B 2, being disturbed, are disregarded; also B above 2 m.

page 161 note 2 Cf. diagrams, p. 170.

page 161 note 3 The deposit on the south side of the wall, though unstratified, contained practically nothing except Period B wares. In the illustrations, sherds, etc. found here are marked S.

page 162 note 1 Cf. p. 166 below.

page 162 note 2 Cf. Fig. 37, 1.

page 162 note 3 Cf. Fig. 10, 10.

page 162 note 4 Fig. 11, 10.

page 162 note 5 Ibid. 9.

page 162 note 6 It is dark grey to black, polished, and might be regarded as an example of B 2.

page 162 note 7 As at Vardaróftsa and Yortan, the cylindrical neck was attached separately. Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. IV, 5–7, and ibid., Addenda, p. 66.

page 163 note 1 A large number of these flat handles were found, mostly in the unstratified deposit south of the wall; to judge from the fabric, some should be assigned to this Period (e.g. Fig. 39, 6).

page 163 note 2 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. I, 3.

page 163 note 3 Cf. Korákou, Fig. 8.

page 164 note 1 Cf. Fig. 11, 5, from Hágios Mámas.

page 164 note 2 Cf. p. 136.

page 164 note 3 In D, ca. 50 per cent.

page 164 note 4 A similar ware was found at Hágios Mámas.

page 164 note 5 Of the plain variety shapes that can be inferred are goblets (like Fig. 37, 7) and cups with high handles. A typical Early Helladic (Early Macedonian) lug, vertically pierced (Fig. 40, 7), may belong to a water-jar or to a bowl with incurved rim as at Vardaróftsa (q.v. Pl. I, 3); of the grooved varieties (B 2 (a) and B 2 (b)), water-jars (like Fig. 49), high-handled cups, and goblets (but only with plain stems), occur in the lower level of the Period. About 10 per cent. of this ware seems to have been wheel-made.

page 165 note 1 This example shews the flattening of the sides of the handle, a characteristic of Early Macedonian handles.

page 165 note 2 Cf. the lugs on bowls of ‘Villanova’ forms at Hágios Mámas (Fig. 22, 9), and Vardaróftsa (q.v. Pl. XII (b), 2).

page 166 note 1 Cf. Note 2 below.

page 166 note 2 This example has a special interest. Rounded lumps on the inside shew that it was made on a core. The base is scored to receive a stem. To judge from its stratified position it is contemporary with the finished wheel-made goblets.

page 167 note 1 The construction of these goblets is interesting. In most cases cup and stem are made separately; the top of the stem (and sometimes the base of the cup) are scored and the two are stamped together (Fig. 40, 1–3, 5). In order to hide (and perhaps to strengthen) the join, a layer of clay was spread over it and carried up the sides of the cup, which were also scored to receive it (Fig. 47, 1). It is possible that the grooves were intended to hide the join and were extended to the whole of the stem.

Another method, less frequently used, was to make the stem as a hollow cylinder and then fit the cup into it. This technique resembles that of some of the gold cups from Mycenae (cf. Stais, , Collection Mycénienne, 427Google Scholar, 351: cf. also Montelius, La Grèce préclassique, Pl. 29, 6: a silver cup from Knossos).

Yet another method, very rarely used, was to attach the walls of the cup to the stem, the top of the stem thus forming the bottom of the cup (Fig. 38, 6). Fig. 47 illustrates the three methods.

On similar principles the handles of cups and goblets were affixed. The wall of the cup was scored to receive the end of the handle (Fig. 40, 6); clay was then plastered over the join. This accounts for the thickening often visible at this point (Fig. 39, 7).

page 168 note 1 For identical grouping cf. S. S., No. 2093.

page 168 note 2 Cf. S. S. No. 1908.

page 172 note 1 Cf. Vardaróftsa, Pl. XVIIIa, 10, 11.

page 172 note 2 Cf. S. S. No. 7409.

page 172 note 3 Cf. ibid. 9327.

page 172 note 4 Mr. O. Davies considers this to be a core.

page 172 note 5 Mr. O. Davies believes this to be a cupel, a vessel used in extracting silver from lead.

page 173 note 1 It is of the type illustrated S. S., No. 8439.

page 173 note 2 Cf. Fig. 28, 8, 9 (from Hágios Mámas).

page 174 note 1 Cf. Mylonas, , ῾Η Νεολιθικὴ ᾿Εποχὴ ἐν ῾Ελλάδι pp. 161–4Google Scholar, who shews that in Chalcidice ‘bothroi’ are still used for this purpose by the refugees from Asia Minor. It seems possible that some, where there are no traces of fire, may have served as storage pits. Cf. Blegen, , Korákou, p. 75Google Scholar.

page 176 note 1 This Report was written before the publication of the Neolithic settlement at Olynthus.

page 176 note 2 Cf. Mylonas, , Excavations at Olynthus, i., pp. 8992Google Scholar.

page 177 note 1 Cf. diagram, p. 170.

page 177 note 2 Grooved ware (B 2) has been found at various sites in Chalcidice; cf. B.S.A. xxvi. P. 31Google Scholar.

page 178 note 1 It begins slightly later in Chalcidice. Cf. diagram, p. 146, and diagram Vardaróftsa, P. 31.

page 178 note 2 Cf. Vardaróftsa, p. 23.

page 178 note 3 B.S.A. xxvi. p. 33Google Scholar.

page 178 note 4 It is interesting that in a recent re-division of Macedonia for administrative purposes, Chalcidice and Central Macedonia are placed together as one nome; the other two being Western and Eastern Macedonia.

page 178 note 5 Cf. B.M. Cat. Pl. 1, A 30, from Yortan.

page 179 note 1 Schnurösen. Cf. S. S. No. 33.

page 179 note 2 Cf. ibid. 2330 with our Fig. 12, 8.

page 179 note 3 Cf. ibid. 2412, 2419 with our Fig. 12, 9.

page 179 note 4 Cf. ibid., inter alia, 832, 1370 with our Fig. 37, 9.

page 179 note 5 Cf. ibid. 7409.

page 179 note 6 Cf. ibid. 8835.

page 179 note 7 Cf. especially ibid. 7182 with our Fig. 26, 2.

page 179 note 8 Cf. ibid. 9327.

page 179 note 9 Cf. ibid. 2501.

page 179 note 10 Cf. Δ–Σ, Fig. 186, 187–193.

page 179 note 11 Cf. P.T. Fig. 104 a.

page 179 note 12 Cf. Δ–Σ, Pl. 41, 9.

page 179 note 13 Cf. ibid. Pl. 46, 12, 13.

page 179 note 14 Not yet published.

page 179 note 15 Παπαβασιλείου op. cit. Pl. I A′.

page 179 note 16 Eutresis, Fig. 11, 4.

page 179 note 17 Ibid. Fig. 10.

page 180 note 1 Eutresis, Figs. 15, 22.

page 180 note 2 Cf. Phylakopi, Pl. IV, 4, 5; B.S.A. xxii. Pl. IX.

page 180 note 3 Cf. ᾿Εφ. ᾿Αρχ 1898, Pl. XI, 15.

page 180 note 4 Cf. PhylakoPi. Pl. IV, 9.

page 180 note 5 Cf. especially Childe, , Man, 1924, p. 66Google Scholar.

page 180 note 6 Cf. Ebert, , Reallexikon, Vol. xiGoogle Scholar. Schnurkeramik.

page 180 note 7 Cf. Tallgren, La Pontide préscythique, Fig. 36 B, 3; Fig. 38, 2, p. 121, 4, and elsewhere.

page 180 note 8 Cf. ibid. pp. 100–2.

page 180 note 9 For the whole question of Aegean contacts in these regions indicating relations with Troy, cf. Childe, , Antiquity, 1927, pp. 7991Google Scholar, and The Danube in Prehistory, passim.

page 181 note 1 At Kritsaná, 1929.

page 181 note 2 It looks, in fact, as if the merchants of Troy II were supplementing their local mineral resources from Chalcidice. The cupel (Fig. 51, 9), though of a later date, is significant of what these minerals in Chalcidice were, i.e. silver and lead. A recent report on minerals in Macedonia by a Government inspector of mines says of Chalcidice: ‘Dans cette péninsule se trouve l'or dans filons quartzeux avec mispickel,’ and quotes Kassandra as one of such places. A Consular Report on Macedonian mines says: ‘East of Olynthus are some veins of tin, and there was apparently a large ancient exploitation of gold and silver, as there are big gangue heaps.’ This exploitation may well have begun in the Early Bronze Age. A piece of slag, which Mr. Davies believes to be a gold slag, was found on the surface at Hágios Mámas.

page 181 note 3 Cf. especially Tallgren, loc. cit. Fig. 68, 1, 5 (with central line), 6; Fig. 48, 5; also Kossinna, Mannus, No. 26, Fig. 127, from Jackowica. The position of these objects (about half-way through the Early Bronze Age stratum) permits them to be dated about 2200 B.C. (cf. p. 185), and this has an important bearing on the dating of the battle-axe culture in S. Russia.

The single sherd of Schnurkeramik might perhaps be used as evidence in the same connection. From its stratified position (virgin soil) it should belong to a date about 2500 B.C. Miss Goldman informs me that this ware occurs in Early Helladic strata at Eutresis, and I have seen at least one sherd from Hágia Márina in the Chaeronea Museum. Both the Macedonian sites excavated in 1929 produced one sherd each in the corresponding strata.

page 182 note 1 And occur in the native fabric, e.g. Fig. 39, 1, 2; Fig. 10, 2, 3.

page 182 note 2 Cf. Frödin, et Persson, , Rapport préliminaire sur les fouilles d'Asiné, 19221924, pp. 66–9Google Scholar.

page 182 note 3 J.H.S. 1914, p. 143Google Scholar.

page 183 note 1 Cf. particularly S. S. Groups 14, 17; cf. especially No. 2093, with our water-jar (Fig. 49); Nos. 1516, 1517 with our jug with cut-away neck (Fig. 41, 2); and Nos. 2298, 2321, 2319 (= B 2 b), 2329 (= B 2). The colour is unimportant. This form of decoration probably occurs in the first city; cf. ibid. 164, b. Cf. also Boz-eyuk, (Ath. Mitt. 1899), Taf. I, 7Google Scholar (where the grooves run in groups), Taf. III, 19, 20, 34.

page 183 note 2 Cf. diagram, p. 170, for the distribution of plain and ringed stems.

page 184 note 1 Cf. Childe, , Aryans, p. 134Google Scholar.

page 184 note 2 With which the people of Chalcidice, on account of their previous trade relations would be already familiar.

page 184 note 3 Cf. Frankfort, p. 143.

page 184 note 4 Cf. B.S.A. xxviii. p. 180Google Scholar.

page 185 note 1 But not quite. It is not easy to distinguish true sub-Mycenaean in Macedonia from Mycenaean derivatives of the Iron Age (D 5). The distinction, however, can and should be made.

page 185 note 2 Cf. Struck, op, cit. p. 44.

page 185 note 3 Cf. Vardaróftsa, p. 63.

page 185 note 4 Cf. ibid. Pl. VIII (b) 2, Pl. IX (b) 1, and 3, 4 (somewhat later).