Regional dynamics and social change in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age : a study of handmade pottery from southern and central Greece
Late Bronze and Early Iron Age handmade pottery, predominantly of utilitarian character, represents a section of material culture least prone to be affected by elite exchange and changing fashions, allowing a glimpse at the every-day life of households in Mycenaean and post-Mycenaean Greece. The sudden occurrence of handmade wares in the late Mycenaean period, their chronological coincidence with major destructions of Mycenaean citadels, and their presence within the following, formative period leading to the emergence of a new political system in the <i>polis, </i>have led to examination of the social status and ethnic affiliation of the markers of these types of pottery. The present study considers these issues by, first, discussion of the material evidence, and second, interpretation of the findings in the context of the social and economic changes marking the transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age. <i>Chapter I</i> introduces the history of scholarship and past foci of research. <i>Chapter II</i> discusses the Bronze Age âHandmade Burnished Wareâ, a type of pottery found predominantly in Mycenaean citadels and associated with levels pertinent to the end of the palaces, but unrelated
Strack, Sara
Regional dynamics and social change in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age : a study of handmade pottery from southern and central Greece. Late Bronze and Early Iron Age handmade pottery, predominantly of utilitarian character, represents a section of material culture least prone to be affected by elite exchange and changing fashions, allowing a glimpse at the every-day life of households in Mycenaean and post-Mycenaean Greece. The sudden occurrence of handmade wares in the late Mycenaean period, their chronological coincidence with major destructions of Mycenaean citadels, and their presence within the following, formative period leading to the emergence of a new political system in the <i>polis, </i>have led to examination of the social status and ethnic affiliation of the markers of these types of pottery. The present study considers these issues by, first, discussion of the material evidence, and second, interpretation of the findings in the context of the social and economic changes marking the transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age. <i>Chapter I</i> introduces the history of scholarship and past foci of research. <i>Chapter II</i> discusses the Bronze Age âHandmade Burnished Wareâ, a type of pottery found predominantly in Mycenaean citadels and associated with levels pertinent to the end of the palaces, but unrelated
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