Late Archaic Polychrome Pottery from Aiani

Excavations at the necropolis of Aiani have yielded fifty-six locally produced polychrome vases dated to the second quarter of the 5th century B.C. The shapes and decoration appear to have no immediate predecessors, and no descendants, in the local tradition, and no close parallels in Macedonian or...

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Published in:Hesperia 2001-04, Vol.70 (2), p.183-219
Main Author: Kefalidou, Eurydice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ceramics
Excavations
Figurines
Graves
Methodology and general studies
National museums
Parallel lines
Pottery
Prehistoric pottery
Prehistory and protohistory
Terracotta
Tombs
Typology, technology and attribute analysis
Vases
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Summary:Excavations at the necropolis of Aiani have yielded fifty-six locally produced polychrome vases dated to the second quarter of the 5th century B.C. The shapes and decoration appear to have no immediate predecessors, and no descendants, in the local tradition, and no close parallels in Macedonian or foreign wares. Some influence of local terracotta production and certain relationships with various wares produced in Central Greece, Attica, and East Greece can be traced, but the manufacture of this pottery owes less to direct imitation than to the experimentation and inventiveness of the local potters. This article presents this interesting group of pottery and examines the society that produced and used it.
ISSN:0018-098X
1553-5622
DOI:10.2307/2668482