Pottery Production Technology and Long-distance Exchange in Late Neolithic Makrygialos, Northern Greece

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elissavet S. Hitsiou
Keyword(s):  
Production Technology ◽  
Pottery Production ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Long Distance

Technological adaptation in Grooved Ware pottery from the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney, or how to make your cordons stick

2015 ◽  
Vol 36-37 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Towers ◽  
Nick Card
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Pottery Production ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Exterior Surface ◽  
Technological Adaptation ◽  
Reflectance Transformation Imaging

This paper describes a hitherto unidentified adaptation in Grooved Ware pottery at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney ( Fig. 1 ). The technological technique adopted appears designed to cope with a common problem of Grooved Ware potters at the Ness: that of detached cordons, where applied decorative cordons on the exterior surface of the vessels are knocked off or simply fall off. The evidence shows that, in the case of one large pottery deposit from the site, some vessel exteriors were specially prepared in order to ensure cordon adhesion. The Ness of Brodgar site is introduced, issues surrounding pottery production and applied decoration in the Late Neolithic, particularly in Orkney, are noted and the problem-solving sherds are described. The paper is illustrated in part by the use of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI).

Stable Isotope and Radiocarbon Analysis in Animal Bones from the Prehistoric Settlement of Dispilio, Kastoria Lake, Northern Greece

Radiocarbon ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 1629-1644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paraskevi Chantzi ◽  
Elissavet Dotsika ◽  
Konstantinos Albanakis ◽  
Konstantinos Kostakis
Keyword(s):  
Wild Boar ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Nitrogen Isotopes ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
Rainfall Regime ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Metabolic System ◽  
C3 Plant

AbstractWild boar and roe deer samples from an excavation in Dispilio, Greece, were subjected to collagen extraction protocols to reconstruct the paleoecological regime. Radiocarbon (14C) analysis suggested the Middle/Late Neolithic period and the database was updated with collagen samples. The14C model concluded to a possible local deforestation effect in the settlement subbasin confirmed by sediment δ13C and δ15N values. Carbon isotope values in collagen samples concluded in C3 plant type. Both carbon and nitrogen isotopes indicated the differences in dietary habits and/or metabolic system between the two Late Neolithic I species. Roe deer samples were classified as purely herbivorous. δ15N values of wild boar collagen samples from Dispilio reflected a diet mainly characterized by terrestrial protein. Compared to literature data, wild boar samples from the Dispilio excavation concluded that the animals might have lived close to the settlement where their diet could be supplemented by a consistent animal protein fraction. Finally, it is concluded that rainfall is an important factor that affects plant, and consequently animal, δ15N values. Therefore, the rainfall regime should always be considered in paleodietary studies.

scholarly journals Defining function in Neolithic ceramics: the example of Makriyalos, Greece

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 109-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dushka Urem-Kotsou ◽  
Kostas Kotsakis ◽  
Ben Stern
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Chemical Analyses ◽  
Crucial Importance ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Archaeological Ceramics ◽  
Organic Remains ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

Recent development in chemical analyses of organic remains in archaeological ceramics gives new possibilities to the study of pottery use. They could be of crucial importance in assessing vessel’s use, especially when combined with contextual, technomorphological and use-alteration analysis data. Using the example of the late Neolithic pottery from Makriyalos, Northern Greece, we discuss some of the problems in determining the use of the vessels from archaeological context, and show the benefits of integrating chemical analysis of organic remains in approaching this issue.

scholarly journals Unravelling ground stone life histories> the spatial organization of stone tools and human activities at LN Makriyalos, Greece

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 289-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Tsoraki
Keyword(s):  
Human Activities ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Stone Tools ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Ground Stone ◽  
Communal Areas

Unlike previous studies of ground stone technology in the Greek Neolithic, this paper follows a more contextualised approach by looking at contexts of deposition of ground stone from Late Neolithic Makriyalos, Northern Greece. The patterns attested in the distribution of ground stone objects between domestic and communal areas will be discussed in terms of the spatial and social contexts of tool use, curation and deposition, contributing to wider discussions about the way acts of production, consumption and discard were structured within different contexts of social practice.

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