A LM IA Ceramic Kiln in South-Central Crete: Function and Pottery Production

188 Pages·2001·7.735 MB·English

by  Joseph W. Shaw, Aleydis Van de Moortel, Peter M. Day, Vassilis Kilikoglou

Hesperia
Supplement 30
a lm ia ceramic kiln in
south-central crete
function and
pottery production
Joseph W. Shaw, Aleydis Van de Moortel,
Peter M. Day, and Vassilis Kilikoglou
American School of
Classical Studies at Athens
2001

A LM IA CERAMIC KILN
IN SOUTH-CENTRAL CRETE
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Hesperia Supplement 30
A LM IA CERAMIC KILN
IN SOUTH-CENTRAL CRETE
Function and Pottery Production
Joseph W. Shaw
Aleydis Van de Moortel
Peter M. Day
and
Vassilis Kilikoglou
with a contribution by Louise Joyner
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
2001
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A LM IA ceramic kiln in south-central Crete : function and pottery production
/ Joseph W. Shaw . . . [et al.]
p. c. — (Hesperia. Supplement ; 30)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87661-530-2 (alk. paper)
1. Crete (Greece)—Antiquities. 2. Excavations (Archaeology)—Greece—Crete.
3. Minoans—Greece—Crete. 4. Pottery, Minoan—Greece—Crete. I. Shaw, Jo-
seph W. II. Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.). Supplement ; 30.
DF221.C8 L59 2001
939Ä.18—dc21
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations vii
List of Tables x
Introduction 1
Chapter 1
The Excavation and the Structure of the Kiln
by Joseph W. Shaw 5
Chapter 2
The Area around the Kiln, and the Pottery from
the Kiln and the Kiln Dump
by Aleydis Van de Moortel 25
Chapter 3
Analysis of Ceramics from the Kiln
by Peter M. Day and Vassilis Kilikoglou 111
Conclusion
by Joseph W. Shaw, Aleydis Van de Moortel, Peter M. Day,
and Vassilis Kilikoglou 135
Appendix I
The Kommos LM IA Kiln:
Petrographic Fabric Descriptions
by Louise Joyner and Peter M. Day 139
References 157
Index 165

ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure 1. Plan of Southern Area of Kommos site 6
Figure 2. South Stoa area with kiln 7
Figure 3. Kommos, South Stoa of Ashlar Building T 8
Figure 4. Kiln partially excavated 9
Figure 5. Later LM III oven 9
Figure 6. Kiln plan showing sections 10
Figure 7. Kiln sections 11
Figure 8. Archaeological sections of kiln and dump 13–14
Figure 9. Kiln from west 15
Figure 10. Kiln from northwest 16
Figure 11. Kiln from south 16
Figure 12. Kiln from east 16
Figure 13. Excavation of channel 3, west end, with clay and rubble
filling 17
Figure 14. Excavation of channel 3, rough stone filling after first
pass 17
Figure 15. Excavation of channel 3, pottery and rubble in channel
after second pass 17
Figure 16. Excavation of channel 3, west end after second pass 17
Figure 17. Excavation of channel 3, west end after third pass 17
Figure 18. Two sides of clay/rubble mass from channel 2 18
Figure 19. Archaeological section F–F of channel 3 18
Figure 20. Stone rubble found in channel 3 19
Figure 21. Pottery in channel 2 19
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Figure 22. Restored plan (a) and reconstruction (b) of kiln at Aghia
Triada 21
Figure 23. LM III pottery kiln at Stylos 22
Figure 24. Restored view of kiln from northwest 23
Figure 25. Vases thought to have broken during firing 26
Figure 26. Kiln dump, soil strata before excavation 31
Figure 27. Kiln dump, bottom elevations reached 31
Figure 28. Kiln dump, lower dark brown soil stratum 33
Figure 29. Cylindrical hole found about 4 m west of kiln 35
Figure 30. Kiln dump, red soil stratum 37
Figure 31. Kiln dump, light brown soil stratum 39
Figure 32. Cups from the kiln and dump 48
Figure 33. Bowls from the kiln and dump 53
Figure 34. Bridge-spouted jars from the kiln and dump 55
Figure 35. Collar-necked jugs from the kiln and dump 57
Figure 36. Ewers (46–49) and rhyta (50–51) from the dump 59
Figure 37. Large shapes from the kiln and dump (52–58); coarse
slab fragment (61) 61
Figure 38. Fine pedestal base (59) and coarse slab fragment (60)
from the dump; lustrous dark-on-light patterned
fragmentary vases from kiln mound (62) and dump (63–
69); waster (C 10279) 63
Figure 39. Estimated vase shape frequencies in the kiln
and dump 67
Figure 40. Estimated frequencies of conical cup types in the kiln
and dump 67
Figure 41. Pedestal base C 8947 (59) with stretch marks on
its interior 74
Figure 42. Wasters of collar-necked jugs (C 10602, C 10611),
ewer (C 10300), oval-mouthed amphoras (C 10018,
C 10138, C 10279), pithos (C 10283) 77
Figure 43. Slabs C 10073 and C 8935 (60) 86
Figure 44. Modern bat supporting unfired basin in workshop
at Thrapsano 87
Figure 45. Frequencies of dark paint colors 97
Figure 46. Decorative schemes on cups and pouring vessels
from the kiln and dump 97