In memoriam Vivien Swan
An exhaustive presentation of one of the most important Chian amphora workshops that
manufactured amphorae of Dressel 24 similis
type, as well as ampullae, unguentaria, basins and funnels (vessels and
equipment related to the olive oil industry), is followed by an analysis of the
origin and evolution of this type since the Hellenistic period in the
Chios–Erythrai–Kyme area. These discoveries bring to light
the organisation of the amphorae workshops in this region, the same type of kiln
being in use until the present day. Petrological and chemical analysis of the
Chian and Erythraian fabrics, together with the identification of some Chian
Dressel 24 similis amphora stamps on the
lower Danube and Pontic market, also sheds new light on the flourishing olive
oil industry of the central Aegean area during the Early Roman period.