Koan amphorae from Halasarna – investigations in a Hellenistic amphora production centre

Hein, Anno; Georgopoulou, Victoria; Nodarou, Eleni; Kilikoglou, Vassilis

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2007.07.009

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“…Although the exact origin of these vessels cannot be identified with certainty, the fabric is reminiscent of the Koan fabric class 4 discussed by Whitbread (1995, 91–3). Moreover, this association with Kos fits with Hellenistic amphorae and micaceous raw materials reported from Kardamaina (Hein et al 2008, 1057).…”

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A New Hellenistic Amphora Production Centre in West Crete (Loutra, Rethymnon): Study and Petrographic Analysis of the Pottery Assemblage

Tsatsaki

Nodarou²

2014

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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The presence of Hellenistic amphora production centres in central and east Crete was demonstrated in the 1990s through the survey carried out by J.-Y. Empereur, Ch. Kritzas and A. Marangou. In addition, more recent studies have placed emphasis on wine as a major component of the rural economy of Crete during that period. However, archaeological evidence from excavated sites and well-stratified contexts remains scarce. The rescue excavation carried out in a private plot at Loutra (Rethymnon, west Crete) by the 25th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities brought to light a Hellenistic farmstead with an olive beam press and a pottery kiln mainly producing amphorae. In this study we focus on the ceramic assemblage from the site. The study of the pottery, coupled with thin-section petrography, adds new evidence for the production of amphorae in west Crete during the Late Hellenistic period, and allows the investigation of issues such as the use of raw materials, the clay pastes and the technology of pottery manufacture. Moreover, the proximity of the kiln to the olive beam press sheds light on the use of amphorae for the trade in olive oil on a local and regional scale.

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A New Hellenistic Amphora Production Centre in West Crete (Loutra, Rethymnon): Study and Petrographic Analysis of the Pottery Assemblage

Tsatsaki

Nodarou²

2014

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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“…The samples analysed here are not identical to fabrics produced in the vicinity of Burgaz into the 7th century (Tuna et al, 1987; Tuna, 1989), though the amphoras of local origin available for petrographic study were Hellenistic and therefore considerably earlier in date. Even so, they share some important similarities that may indicate a broadly consistent south-east Aegean origin, where many such micaceous fabrics are common for Late Roman amphoras and for earlier products (for example Whitbread, 1995: 129-30;Hein et al, 2008Hein et al, : 1055. Despite the lack of good parallels for these fabrics and the generally poor state of knowledge of LR2-related production, origins in the south-east Aegean region agree well with the current understanding of the geography of later production in the series (Diamanti, 2010: 2-3;Poulou-Papadimitriou and Didioumi, 2010: 743;Karagiorgou, 2009).…”

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A Late Antique Ceramic Assemblage at Burgaz, Datça Peninsula, South-west Turkey, and the ‘Normality of the Mixed Cargo’ in the Ancient Mediterranean

Leidwanger

Greene

Tuna

2015

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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By combining underwater survey with formal and compositional study of ceramics, recent work at Burgaz (south-west Turkey) reveals a late 6th-or 7th-century assemblage of wine and perhaps other agricultural products carried in LR1 and LR2-related amphoras. Representing various south-east Aegean and likely Cilician producers, the mixed cargo aboard this probable shipwreck offers insights into the complex dynamics of seaborne distribution at the end of Antiquity. This brief study also underscores the need for documentation in underwater survey of amphora forms and fabrics, particularly those from a period characterized by intensified and diversified production of supra-regional ceramic types.

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“…Honor Frost Foundation honorfrostfoundation.org Furthermore, amphorae represent important aspects of the economic history of the Mediterranean, because they were the most common transport and storage containers designed to transfer liquid and solid products in bulk, over long distances in the sea (Hein et al, 2008(Hein et al, : 1049. Amphorae were used for packaging agricultural products such as wine, olive oil, etc.…”

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Phoenician amphorae in Cypriot Kingdoms during the Cypro-Archaic and Cypro-Classical Periods: Signs, terms, trade, and questions

Christodoulou¹

2020

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This paper forms a part of my ongoing MA thesis, which focuses on the Phoenician amphorae recovered on Cyprus from the Cypro-Archaic and Cypro-Classical periods. The primary objective of this thesis is the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the published material of the Phoenician amphorae, but it also aims to contribute to the study of trade relations between Cyprus and the Levant during the Archaic and Classical periods. The continuous trade connections between these two areas dates to the second millennium BC and can be documented by the pottery imports and exports, and epigraphic evidence (Bikai, 1983;Sznycer, 1984;Bikai, 1987a). These pieces of evidence are discussed in this paper.

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Koan amphorae from Halasarna – investigations in a Hellenistic amphora production centre

Cited by 25 publications

References 6 publications

A New Hellenistic Amphora Production Centre in West Crete (Loutra, Rethymnon): Study and Petrographic Analysis of the Pottery Assemblage

A New Hellenistic Amphora Production Centre in West Crete (Loutra, Rethymnon): Study and Petrographic Analysis of the Pottery Assemblage

A Late Antique Ceramic Assemblage at Burgaz, Datça Peninsula, South-west Turkey, and the ‘Normality of the Mixed Cargo’ in the Ancient Mediterranean

Phoenician amphorae in Cypriot Kingdoms during the Cypro-Archaic and Cypro-Classical Periods: Signs, terms, trade, and questions

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