Wild Goat style ceramics at Troy and the impact of Archaic period colonisation on the Troad

Abstract

The establishment of colonies along the Hellespont by inhabitants of Ionia, Athens and Lesbos is well-known from historical texts. Recently, stratified contexts at Troy as well as other surveys and excavations have yielded new information about the chronology and material markers of Archaic period settlements in the Troad and the Gallipoli peninsula. The archaeological evidence for colonisation in this region is not clearly seen until the late seventh to early sixth century BC when there is a dramatic change in the material culture. Destruction evidence from Troy indicates that the new settlers probably entered a weakened and depopulated region in the second half of the seventh century BC. The

Across the Hellespont: Maydos (Ancient Madytos), Troy and the North-Eastern Aegean in the Late Eighth to Early Sixth Century Bc

“…In addition to bird bowls, other ceramics such as Ionian cups and Wild Goat Style and banded bowls also signal the increasing influence of Ionian cultural products. It has been documented through clay analysis that the colonists established local production of Wild Goat Style vessels and probably Ionian cups somewhere within the Troad (Mommsen, Kerschner and Posamentir 2006, 165–7; Mommsen et al 2006, 70; Posamentir and Solovyov 2006, 114–17; Posamentir and Solovyov 2007, 196–201; Posamentir et al 2009; Kerschner 2006b, 148–51; Dupont 2008, 1–6, 11–14; Aytaçlar and Kozanlı 2012, 79–80; Aslan and Pernicka 2013, 45–8). It is notable that only a few pieces of Wild Goat Style have been found at Maydos, and not within cleanly stratified contexts.…”

“…The second half of the seventh century brought changes to the region. Ancient sources document that the area of the Troad and both shores of the Hellespont became of great interest to colonists from Ionia, Lesbos, Athens and Paros (Isaac 1986, 160–6, 198–201; Ehrhardt 1988, 32–7; Tenger 1999, 121–6; Loukopoulou 2004, 900–2; Rose 2008, 415–19; Aslan and Pernicka 2013, 38–40; Rose 2014, 58–9). For the Gallipoli peninsula, ancient traditions record the founding of Madytos/Maydos and Sestos by people from Lesbos, and Alopekonnesos by colonists from Lesbos and Kyme.…”