On the Origin of Stamped Amphorae From Thrace (Bulgaria)

Abstract

Summary. The contents of 25 elements in 74 stamped (and some unstamped) amphora finds from nine Thracian sites in Bulgaria dated to the fifth–third century BC have been determined using INAA. The samples investigated were grouped by cluster analysis on the basis of the similarity in their chemical composition. The chemical profiles of the 16 clusters formed were determined and common production centres for some of the stamped amphorae are identified.

Archaeometric Investigations at the University of Sofia, Bulgaria

“…In addition to sgraffito pottery, numerous Roman and Hellenistic period ceramics have been investigated (e.g., Kuleff et al 1998, 1999a; Kuleff et al 2007). An investigation of the so‐called Knobbed and ‘Barbarian’ wares was carried out, because some researchers consider this pottery as an indication of the arrival of a new ethnic group at Troia.…”