Overview

This book investigates the production technology and inter-site circulation of a large and diverse Late Neolithic ceramic assemblage from the flat-extended settlement of Makrygialos (Phase II), in northern Greece. Comparative samples from Dimini, in Thessaly, and Agrosykia A and Giannitsa B, in western Macedonia, are also incorporated. It draws conclusions from the use of macroscopic and petrographic analysis of a large number of samples in an integrated project. The new evidence offers a better understanding of the role of technological choice in ceramic production. Locally produced and imported ceramic categories are found to co-exist. They signify manufacture by different groups or individuals with varying degrees of technological knowledge and skill, probably producing in different places, and within distinct ceramic traditions. More importantly, petrographic analysis provides positive evidence of the long-distance exchange of pots, challenging previously established ideas on the circulation of pottery for this period and geographical area. The emerging picture strongly supports the idea of a dynamic Neolithic society characterised by mobilities, interaction and social competition between people, as revealed through their material culture.

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Author:   Elissavet S. Hitsiou
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.352kg
ISBN:  

9781407314907

ISBN 10:   1407314904
Pages:   339
Publication Date:   28 February 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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"0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>List of Figures 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>List of Plates 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>List of Tables 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>List of Abbreviations 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>Abstract 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>Chapter 1: Introduction 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>Chapter 2: The Neolithic Period in Greece 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.1 Introduction 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.2 Chronological Framework of the Greek Neolithic 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.3 Archaeological Evidence ? The General Characteristics 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.3.1 The Early and Middle Neolithic 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.3.2 The Late and Final Neolithic 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.4 Approaches to the Archaeological Evidence 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.4.1 Agricultural Production and Exchange 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.4.1.1 The Early and Middle Neolithic 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.4.1.2 The Late and Final Neolithic 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.4.2 Craft Production and Exchange 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.5 General Conceptual Approaches to the Study of Pottery Production 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.5.1 Approaches to the Study of Manufacturing Technology 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.5.2 Approaches to the Organisation of Production: Direct Evidence of Production 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.5.3 Approaches to the Organisation of Production: Indirect Evidence of Production 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.6 Circulation and Exchange of Pottery 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>2.7 Conclusions 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>Chapter 3: Makrygialos II: The Site and its Ceramic Material 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.1 Introduction 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.2 The Late Neolithic Settlement of Makrygialos II, in Pieria, Northern Greece 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.2.1 The Type Site 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.2.2 The Makrygialos II Intra-site Organisation of Space 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.3 Makrygialos II: The Material Culture Remains 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4 The Phase II Pottery - Activity Areas Chosen for Sampling 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.1 Typological Classification and the Makrygialos Ceramic Assemblage 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.2 Typology of the Makrygialos II Pottery 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.2.1 Brown-on-Cream (I) Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.2.2 Black-on-Red Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.2.3 Polychrome Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.2.4 Incised (I) Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.2.5 Incised (II) Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.2.6 Black-topped Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.2.7 Black Burnished Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.2.8 Brown/Greyish Brown Burnished Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.2.9 Undecorated Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.3 Rare and Unusual Wares 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.3.1 Black Rippled Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.3.2 Red-on-Red Painted Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.3.3 Red-on-Orange Painted Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.3.4 Red-on-Brown Painted Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.3.5 White-on-Black Painted Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.3.6 Brown-on-Brown Painted Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.3.7 Impressed Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.3.8 Plastic Decoration Ware 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.4.3.9 Black, Red and Brown Slipped and Burnished Wares 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.5 Comparative Sites 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.5.1 Thessaly 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.5.1.1 Dimini and its Material Culture 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.5.2 Western Macedonia 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.5.2.1 Agrosykia A and its Pottery 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.5.2.2 Giannitsa B and its Pottery 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>3.6 Conclusion 0pt;font-family:""Times New Roman"",serif; color:black'>Chapter 4: Integrated Analysis of the Makrygialos Pottery: Macroscopic and Petrographic Results ? 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Elissavet S. Hitsiou studied archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and received her PhD from the University of Sheffield, England, working on Neolithic pottery from northern Greece. At a post-doctoral level, she investigated late classical Mendean-type transport amphorae from northern Greece at the Wiener Laboratory, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. She was later employed as Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has worked as an archaeologist for the Greek Archaeological Service and as a pottery expert in several research projects (e.g. in Mycenae, Avgi, in Kastoria, Greece).

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