Aphrati and Kato Syme: Pottery, Continuity, and Cult in Late Archaic and Classical Crete

The analysis of ceramics from Aphrati sheds valuable new light on the history of this Cretan settlement and on its relationship with a nearby rural sanctuary at Kato Syme in the Late Archaic and Classical periods. It has long been held that Aphrati was deserted from ca. 600 to 400 B.C. A pottery deposit from the domestic quarter, however, now supports occupation of the city during this period. A ceramic classification system is presented and the morphological development and absolute chronology of several key shapes at Aphrati and Kato Syme are plotted. Historical implications of the ceramic evidence are also explored

Excavations at Azoria, 2003–2004, Part 2: The Final Neolithic, Late Prepalatial, and Early Iron Age Occupation

This article constitutes the second of two reports on fieldwork conducted at Azoria in eastern Crete during the 2003 and 2004 excavation seasons. Evidence of Final Neolithic and Early Iron Age occupation and traces of Late Prepalatial activity were found underlying the Archaic civic buildings on the South Acropolis, particularly along the southwest terrace. The recovery of substantial Final Neolithic architectural and habitation remains contributes to our understanding of the 4th millennium in eastern Crete. Stratigraphic excavations have also clarified the spatial extent of the settlement from Late Minoan IIIC to the Late Geometric period, and brought to light evidence for the transition from the Early Iron Age to the Archaic period, and the transformation of the site in the 7th century B.C

Drinking and eating in Euboean Pithekoussai

Plates, cups, bowls and jugs: these are convenient names that are applied, even today, in several languages, to ceramic receptacles for food and drink; and, whether modern vessels or ancient Geometric, their shapes-we hope-offer clues to their proper functions for pouring, drinking or eating. My topic was prompted chiefly by Dr Giorgio Buchner’s kind invitation to visit Ischia and study for publication the imports of Euboean Geometric from the Scarico Gosetti, the massive rabbish dump of dome..

Some problems of eighth-century pottery in the West, seen from the Greek angle

Eighth-century Greek pottery is always rich in problems: some, I hope, capable of solution with the help of valuable new evidence from the West. At the same time one must face other problems of which Aegean specialists were quite unaware until new finds from the West brought them to their attention. I present a selections of these problems in chronological order, beginning with the famous MG II skyphoi (coupes in French) decorated with long panels of vertical chevrons. At once the question ar..