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TECHNOLOGICAL AND PROVENANCE ANALYSIS OF AN EARLY AND MIDDLE CYCLADIC POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE FROM THERASIA, GREECE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2018

Georgia Kordatzaki ,
Kostas Sbonias ,
Emeri Farinetti  and
Iris Tzachili
Georgia Kordatzaki*
Affiliation:
Fitch Laboratory, British School at Athens
Kostas Sbonias
Affiliation:
Ionian University
Emeri Farinetti
Affiliation:
Roma Tre University
Iris Tzachili
Affiliation:
University of Crete
*
gkordat@gmail.com
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Abstract

During the archaeological survey research project ‘Island Cultures in a Diachronic Perspective: the case of Therasia’, large amounts of pottery were recorded throughout the island of Therasia, ranging in date from the Bronze Age to modern times. Focusing on the prehistoric period, pottery of the Early Cycladic and late Middle Cycladic periods was recovered at Panaghia Koimisis, which is situated on the southern part of the island. This paper presents the petrographic data and results of the analysis carried out on pottery samples which are representative of variable surface treatments and different macro-fabrics of these two prehistoric periods. Tackling issues of provenance and technology, the current scientific analysis attests the coexistence of Theran and off-Theran pottery fabrics already at Panaghia Koimisis in the Early Cycladic period. The majority of the pottery fabrics at Panaghia Koimisis were identified as Theran and the analysis demonstrates intensive contacts between the southern parts of Thera and Therasia throughout the Early and late Middle Cycladic phases. Moreover, adding support to previous studies, this research indicates a wide Cycladic pottery network, in which the site participated as a consumer. During the late Middle Cycladic period major changes in the Theran production are documented, including the disappearance of the earlier pottery recipe, which had been prevalent at Panaghia Koimisis.

Μελέτη τεχνολογίας και προέλευσης ενός Πρωτοκυκλαδικού και Μεσοκυκλαδικού συνόλου κεραμικής από τη νήσο Θηρασία

Στο πλαίσιο της αρχαιολογικής έρευνας επιφανείας που πραγματοποιήθηκε στη νήσο Θηρασία, στο νησιωτικό σύμπλεγμα της Σαντορίνης, κατά το χρονικό διάστημα 2007–11, συλλέχθηκαν σημαντικές ποσότητες κεραμικής που χρονολογείται από τους προϊστορικούς χρόνους έως και τον 20ο αιώνα. Η παρούσα μελέτη τεχνολογίας και προέλευσης αφορά στην εξέταση της Πρωτοκυκλαδικής και ύστερης Μεσοκυκλαδικής κεραμικής που εντοπίστηκε στο νοτιοανατολικό άκρο της Θηρασίας, στον οικισμό στην Παναγία Κοίμηση. Η ανάλυση επιβεβαιώνει ότι η πλειονότητα της προϊστορικής κεραμικής στον οικισμό αφορά σε κεραμικές ύλες οι οποίες, με βάση παλαιότερες μελέτες, συσχετίστηκαν με την κεραμική παραγωγή της ευρύτερης περιοχής του Ακρωτηρίου. Υπό το πρίσμα της εξέτασης της τεχνολογίας και της προέλευσης της κεραμικής που συλλέχθηκε κατά την έρευνα επιφανείας διερευνάται η σχέση των προϊστορικών κοινοτήτων της Παναγίας Κοίμησης και του Ακρωτηρίου στην προ-εκρηξιακή Θήρα. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, το παρόν κείμενο πιστοποιεί εντατική σχέση ανάμεσα στις δύο προϊστορικές κοινότητες αφήνοντας, ωστόσο, ανοιχτά ορισμένα θέματα, όπως αυτό της πιθανούς παραγωγής Θηραϊκής κεραμικής και στον οικισμό της Κοίμησης. Επιπλέον, τεκμηριώνεται ότι στην Παναγία Κοίμηση χρησιμοποιήθηκε εισηγμένη κεραμική που προέρχεται από διάφορα νησιά των Κυκλάδων και διερευνάται εάν και κατά πόσον οι εισαγωγές αυτές έφτασαν απευθείας στον οικισμό της Κοίμησης ή διοχετεύονταν εκεί μέσω του Ακρωτηρίου.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 113 , November 2018 , pp. 1 - 17
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