The Late Geometric and Early Archaic North-Eastern Aegean

Through the Emergence, Distribution and Consumption of ‘G 2-3 Ware’

Petya Velichkova Ilieva

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2023
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9783111314815
• Subtopic: History of Ancient Art
• Index: History

The book focuses on the archaeology of the Late Geometric and Early Archaic North-Eastern Aegean through the emergence, manufacture, distribution and consumption of a regional pottery group known as G 2-3 Ware. It offers the first comprehensive, in-depth study through combination of scientific (fabric analysis) and traditional (morphological, stylistic, comparative and distribution analysis) methods. The large body of studied material allows for drawing conclusions on a broader geographical and historical scale, in contrast to earlier studies focused on individual sites. The manufacture, distribution and consumption patterns are characterised by diversity, which reflects a dynamic, multiethnic communication network developed in the Northern Aegean basin in the late 8^th and the 7^th c. BC. The adoption of G 2-3 Ware by local, Thracian coastal communities is discussed in the light of transfer of knowledge and social practices. It is argued that the G 2-3 Ware potters were aware of earlier and contemporaneous ceramic developments in southern Greece and Anatolia and created a blend of pottery features specific for each one of these areas. The study deconstructs the forged link between G 2-3 Ware and the Greek colonisation in the area, by linking it to a local, pre-colonial development.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 Introduction and History of Research
• Chapter 2 Recognising G 2-3 Ware: Technological Features and Ornamental System
• Chapter 3 Repertory of Shapes
• Chapter 4 Centres of Manufacture and Distribution Patterns. The Question of Origin
• Chapter 5 Chronology
• Chapter 6 Introduction, Adoption and Consumption of G 2-3 Wareby Northern Aegean Communities: A Contextual Approach
• Chapter 7 The Late Geometric and Early Archaic Northern Aegean: A Ceramic Perspective
• Index of Place Names