Patterns in Contemporaneous Ceramic Traditions:

Urem-Kotsou, Dushka; Dimoula, Anastasia; Elezi, Gazmend; Papadakou, Trisevgeni; Papaioannou, Anna; Saridaki, Niki; Siamidou, Ioanna; Silva, Teresa; Tzemopoulou, Eirini; Kotsakis, Kostas

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“…SM3:1). This pottery is at home in the Early Neolithic of both west and central Macedonia as known from old and new excavations (see, e.g., Papadakou, Urem-Kotsou and Kotsakis 2011; Urem-Kotsou et al 2017; Yiouni 1996), as well as in the Early Neolithic of Thessaly and the Balkans.…”

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MEGALO NISI GALANIS (6300–1800bc): CONSTRUCTING A CULTURAL SEQUENCE FOR THE NEOLITHIC OF WEST MACEDONIA, GREECE

Fotiadis

Hondroyanni-Metoki²,

Kalogirou³

et al. 2019

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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Scores of Neolithic sites have been excavated in west Macedonia since the 1990s, yet the majority are relatively short-lived installations, lacking high-resolution stratigraphies and sequences of radiocarbon dates. Megalo Nisi Galanis, a large mound in the Kitrini Limni basin, near modern Kozani, is a rare exception to that pattern. Systematically surveyed and excavated in 1987–9 and 1993, this site covers a large part of the Neolithic period in a stratified, radiocarbon-dated sequence capped in places by thin deposits of the Early Bronze Age. We present here the critical details of that sequence and relate them to evidence from other, recently excavated sites in west Macedonia. Megalo Nisi Galanis was first settled in the Early Neolithic (late seventh millennium bc), was intensively occupied until the early phases of the Final Neolithic (around 4500 bc), and continued to be inhabited, albeit sparely or intermittently, until the transition from the Early to the Middle Bronze Age, about 1800 bc. By the end of occupation, the mound covered more than eight hectares and rose up to five metres above the surrounding landscape. We attend closely to features of that landscape that are likely to have played an important role in the history of occupation of the site and Kitrini Limni in the course of the Holocene.

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“… 11 To judge from the few published examples, this seems to be the case in assemblages from other sites as well (see, e.g., Urem-Kotsou et al 2014b, fig. 8).…”

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MEGALO NISI GALANIS (6300–1800bc): CONSTRUCTING A CULTURAL SEQUENCE FOR THE NEOLITHIC OF WEST MACEDONIA, GREECE

Fotiadis

Hondroyanni-Metoki²,

Kalogirou³

et al. 2019

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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“…Day et al 1999; Day, Relaki and Faber 2006; Mentesana et al 2016; Nodarou 2011), Thessaly and Macedonia in central and northern Greece (e.g. Hitsiou 2017; Dimoula 2017; Pentedeka et al 2019; Urem-Kotsou et al 2017), analytical work in the characterisation of ceramic technologies and reconstruction of prehistoric networks has been carried out in a more systematic fashion.…”

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Tracing Interaction on Samos Island: Pottery Traditions and Connectivity at Kastro-Tigani and the Heraion During the Aegean Late–final Neolithic/Western Anatolian Middle–late Chalcolithic

Menelaou

Kouka

2022

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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This paper presents the results from the pilot analytical study of the Aegean Late–Final Neolithic/Anatolian Middle–Late Chalcolithic (c. 5500–3200/3000 BC) pottery from the Kastro-Tigani settlement, located in south-east Samos (east Aegean). In addition to Crete, the region of the insular eastern Aegean has produced the earliest evidence for Neolithic habitation. The archaeological traces at Kastro-Tigani are so far the earliest known on Samos, being partly contemporary with the recently discovered Middle–Late Chalcolithic layers at the Heraion, lying in close proximity to the former site, and at the Agriomernos cave (Megalo Seitani) in the north-west part of the island. The re-evaluation of the ceramic assemblage from Kastro-Tigani has led to the laboratory analysis of 34 samples, using a combination of thin-section petrography and Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, in order to determine provenance and establish reference groups for the earliest local production on Samos. This first compositional characterisation of the pottery contributes new data in a relatively under-studied region and provides grounds for comparison with analytical results from the Heraion, with the aim to investigate possible relations between the sites. Hence, the identification of different strategies in pottery production, reflected in the overall distinct fabric and chemical groups, further indicates the practice of several production units and the exploitation of various raw material sources at the Pythagoreion/Chora plain. Isolated examples of possible imported ceramic vessels, as well as exotica (e.g. obsidian, acrolithic and Kilia figurines, ring-shaped features, marble vessels, kratiriskoi) are highlighted as markers of macro-scale interaction in the context of Aegean early maritime connectivity.

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A ‘Family of Wear’: Traceological Patterns on Pebbles Used for Burnishing Pots and Processing Other Plastic Mineral Matters

Dubreuil

Robitaille²,

González‐Urquijo

et al. 2023

J Archaeol Method Theory

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MEGALO NISI GALANIS (6300–1800bc): CONSTRUCTING A CULTURAL SEQUENCE FOR THE NEOLITHIC OF WEST MACEDONIA, GREECE

MEGALO NISI GALANIS (6300–1800bc): CONSTRUCTING A CULTURAL SEQUENCE FOR THE NEOLITHIC OF WEST MACEDONIA, GREECE

Tracing Interaction on Samos Island: Pottery Traditions and Connectivity at Kastro-Tigani and the Heraion During the Aegean Late–final Neolithic/Western Anatolian Middle–late Chalcolithic

A ‘Family of Wear’: Traceological Patterns on Pebbles Used for Burnishing Pots and Processing Other Plastic Mineral Matters

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