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

by Lemos, Irene S.

• ISBN13: 9780199253449
• ISBN10: 0199253447
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

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