The Protogeometric Aegean The Archaeology of

This is an up-to-date survey of Aegean archaeology at the beginning of the Iron Age (late eleventh and tenth centuries BC). There are chapters on pottery, metal finds, burial customs, architectural remains (and how to use them to understand the social and political structure of the society), cult practices, and developments towards state formation. The book will be useful to field archaeologists, historians of ancient Greece, and students.

Irene S. Lemos is Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh

List of Figures

x

List of Maps

xi

List of Plates

xii

Abbreviations

xviii

Introduction

1

(2)

Relative and Absolute Chronology

3

(24)

Previous Studies

3

(4)

The Sub-Mycenaean Phase

7

(1)

Methods and Aims of the Present Study

8

(1)

Early Protogeometric

9

(5)

Middle Protogeometric

14

(4)

Late Protogeometric

18

(6)

Absolute Chronology

24

(3)

The Pottery

27

(74)

Introduction

27

(1)

Wheelmade Wares

27

(1)

The One-Handled Cup

27

(6)

The Skyphos

33

(13)

The Crater-Bowl

46

(2)

The Crater

48

(5)

The Shallow Bowl

53

(1)

The Kantharos

54

(1)

The Thessalian/Macedonian Kantharos

54

(1)

The Kalathos

55

(1)

The Amphora

56

(7)

The Amphoriskos

63

(2)

The Hydria

65

(2)

The Trefoil Oinochoe

67

(5)

The Lekythos

72

(2)

The Jug

74

(2)

The Tall Jug with a Flat Base

76

(1)

The Jug with a Cutaway Neck

76

(1)

The Globular Pyxis

77

(1)

The Pyxis with High Handles

78

(1)

The Flask

79

(1)

Miscellaneous Vase Shapes

80

(3)

Black Slip Ware

83

(2)

Handmade Wares

84

(1)

The Cooking Pot/Jug

85

(2)

The Pot Stand

87

(1)

The Brazier

87

(1)

The Tray and the Basin

88

(1)

The Neck-Handled Amphora

88

(1)

The Belly-Handled Amphora and the Amphoriskos

89

(1)

The Hydria

89

(1)

The Jug

90

(1)

The Feeding Bottle

91

(1)

Bowls

91

(1)

The Legged Bowl

92

(1)

The Crater and the Skyphos

92

(1)

The Cup and the Mug

92

(1)

The Dipper

92

(1)

The Kantharos

93

(1)

The Pyxis with High Handles

93

(1)

The Pithos

93

(1)

Other Handmade Wares

94

(3)

Comment on Handmade Pottery

97

(1)

Clay Figurines

97

(4)

Metal and Other Finds

101

(34)

The Introduction of Iron Technology and Related Problems

101

(2)

Analysis of Metal Objects

103

(23)

Gold Jewellery

126

(9)

Settlements and Structures

135

(16)

Attica

135

(1)

The Argolid

136

(4)

Euboea

140

(6)

Phokis

146

(1)

Thessaly

147

(1)

The Cyclades

147

(1)

The Northern Aegean Islands

148

(1)

Asia Minor

148

(1)

Chalcidike

148

(1)

Comment

149

(2)

Burial Practices

151

(40)

Introduction

151

(1)

Attica

152

(5)

The Argolid

157

(3)

Corinthia

160

(1)

Euboea

161

(7)

Skyros

168

(2)

Boeotia

170

(1)

Phokis

171

(1)

East Lokris

171

(1)

Phthiotis

172

(1)

Thessaly

173

(5)

The Cyclades

178

(2)

The East Aegean Islands

180

(1)

The Dodecanese

180

(2)

Western Asia Minor

182

(1)

Northern Greece

183

(1)

Chalcidike

183

(1)

Summary and Discussion

184

(7)

Conclusions

191

(51)

The End of the Mycenaean Palace System and the Dorian Invasion

191

(2)

Western Greece

193

(2)

Settlement Patterns and Material Culture in the Protogeometric Aegean

195

(2)

Regions and their Sites

197

(15)

The Euboean Koine

212

(5)

Social and Political Structures in the Protogeometric Aegean

217

(4)

Cult Practices and Sanctuaries

221

(3)

The Protogeometric Aegean

224

(2)

Appendices:

I. Near Eastern Imports in the Aegean

226

(2)

II. Protogeometric Pottery Found in the Eastern Mediterranean

228

(2)

III. Index of Sites

230

(12)

Index

242

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The Protogeometric Aegean The Archaeology of the Late Eleventh and Tenth Centuries BC

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