Franchthi Neolithic Pottery, Volume 1 : Classification and Ceramic Phases 1 and 2, Fascicle 8

Karen D Vitelli

ISBN 10: 0253319803 / ISBN 13: 9780253319807

Published by Indiana University Press Aug 1993, 1993

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Neuware - This fascicle is the first of two detailed reports on the more than one million pieces of pottery (and three complete vessels) recovered from Franchthi Cave and Paralia. These accounts will significantly increase our understanding of Neolithic pottery and Neolithic society in southern Greece. The enormous amount of pottery and the detailed stratigraphic sequences at Franchthi have enabled Vitelli to propose finer chronological distinctions than ever before possible and to talk meaningfully about the people who made and used that pottery. Vitelli's report describes a new classification system she developed for Aegean Neolithic ceramics that makes it possible to address questions about social and economic organization in Neolithic Greece. Part I of this volume explains the new classification system developed by Vitelli and its rationale, describes the analyses performed on the sherds, and describes and explains the establishing of ceramic phases within the stratigraphic record. Part II discusses in turn each of the ceramic subphases for the period covered by this volume (Early and Middle Neolithic). of pottery found at the site. Part IV begins the task of assessing the implications of the analyses reported here.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Franchthi Neolithic Pottery, Volume 1 : Classification and Ceramic Phases 1 and 2, Fascicle 8
• Publisher: Indiana University Press Aug 1993
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253319803
• ISBN 13: 9780253319807
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 280W x 216H x 28D millimeters 280 millimeters width by 216 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1347 grams

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Synopsis

" . . . a highly innovative study that foregrounds the decision-making and technological choices of Neolithic potters . . . " ―Antiquity

" . . . imaginative, rigorous and admirably lucid study." ―Journal of Hellenic Studies

The first of two systematic reports on the more than one million sherds of pottery recovered from the Franchthi Cave and Paralia which will significantly increase our understanding of Neolithic pottery and Neolithic society in southern Greece. Illustrated.

About the Author

KAREN D. VITELLI is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Chairperson, Graduate Program in Classical Archaeology at Indiana University.