The Early Iron Age at Troy Reconsidered

Summary Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) of Protogeometric ceramics at Troy supports a revision of our understanding of the site in the Protogeometric period. Previous interpretations of this period at Troy emphasized the importance of either Greek migration or Greek trade networks. A category of a...

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Published in:Oxford journal of archaeology 2014-08, Vol.33 (3), p.275-312
Main Authors: Aslan, Carolyn, Kealhofer, Lisa, Grave, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeology
Asia
Ceramics
Europe
Historic artifacts
Iron Age
Metal Ages
Methodology and general studies
Migration
Near East
Pottery
Prehistory and protohistory
South East Europe
Tradition
Typology, technology and attribute analysis
Vocabulary
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Summary:Summary Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) of Protogeometric ceramics at Troy supports a revision of our understanding of the site in the Protogeometric period. Previous interpretations of this period at Troy emphasized the importance of either Greek migration or Greek trade networks. A category of amphoras previously thought to be imports appears to have been made locally. NAA also indicates local production of a new class of handmade cooking pots, as well as more traditional Gray ware vessels. Analysis reveals a high degree of cultural continuity at Iron Age Troy, with inhabitants adopting and adapting a wider vocabulary of Protogeometric vessel types in the Aegean while integrating them with established local pottery traditions and resource use. The combinations of local and non‐local components seen at Troy are more consistent with long‐term dynamic Aegean interaction spheres than with more tenuous models of Aeolian migration or Euboian expansion.
ISSN:0262-5253
1468-0092
DOI:10.1111/ojoa.12038