Keeping an eye on your pots: the provenance of Neolithic ceramics from the Cave of the Cyclops, Youra, Greece

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作者
Quinn, Patrick [1 ]
Day, Peter [1 ]
Kilikoglou, Vassilis [2 ]
Faber, Edward [3 ]
Katsarou-Tzeveleki, Stella [4 ]
Sampson, Adamantios [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sheffield, Dept Archaeol, Sheffield S1 4ET, S Yorkshire, England
[2] NCSR Demokritos, Inst Mat Sci, Athens 15310, Greece
[3] Univ Nottingham, Dept Archaeol, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
[4] Minist Culture, Athens 11636, Greece
[5] Univ Aegean, Dept Mediterranean Studies, Rhodos 85100, Greece
关键词
Neolithic; Greece; Aegean; Ceramics; Distribution; Thin section petrography; Geochemistry;
D O I
10.1016/j.jas.2009.12.005
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
Combined petrographic and chemical analysis of MN and LN ceramics from the Cave of the Cyclops on the island of Youra, Greece, has revealed a compositionally diverse assemblage with a range of different local and off-Island sources Ceramics deposited in Neolithic times on this barren, rocky outpost of the Sporades chain may have originated from a surprising number of possible origins, including from the Plain of Thessaly, Euboea and the volcanic northeast Aegean islands This picture challenges traditional assumptions about Neolithic pottery production and indicates that significant movement of ceramics was already taking place within the northern Aegean as early as the beginning of the sixth millennium BC The discovery of a persistent local pottery tradition, that is also found on the neighbouring island of Kyra-Panagia, indicates significant continuity in ceramic technology over some 1500 years. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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页码:1042 / 1052
页数:11
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