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- Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
- Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- One Introduction to the Analysis of Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
- Two Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
- Three Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
- Four The Social Context of Pottery Production, Exchange and Consumption in the Northern Aegean
- Five Geometric Pottery Production and Consumption in the Balkan Hinterland
- Six The Aegean Connection of East Locris
- Seven Early Iron Age Klazomenai
- Eight The Earliest Greek Colonisation in Campania
- Nine Late Geometric and Orientalising Pottery from Sicilian Naxos in Its Context
- Ten Early Greek Pottery on the Coast of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
- Eleven Consumption of Geometric and Archaic Greek Pottery in the Emporion of Huelva (Tartessos, South-Western Spain)
- Twelve Greek Geometric Ceramics from Phoenician Utica
- Thirteen The Greek Geometric Pottery from the Tunisian Excavations at Utica
- Fourteen Early Iron Age Greek Pottery at Sidon
- Fifteen The Role of Aegean Imports and Aegeanizing Wares in the Phoenician Cemetery of al-Bass, Tyre
- Sixteen Concluding Remarks on Early Greek Pottery Production, Exchange and Consumption Overseas
- Catalogue of the NAA Samples and Results
- Appendix
- Index
- References
Twelve - Greek Geometric Ceramics from Phoenician Utica
The Closed Context of Well 20017
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 May 2024
- Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
- Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- One Introduction to the Analysis of Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
- Two Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
- Three Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
- Four The Social Context of Pottery Production, Exchange and Consumption in the Northern Aegean
- Five Geometric Pottery Production and Consumption in the Balkan Hinterland
- Six The Aegean Connection of East Locris
- Seven Early Iron Age Klazomenai
- Eight The Earliest Greek Colonisation in Campania
- Nine Late Geometric and Orientalising Pottery from Sicilian Naxos in Its Context
- Ten Early Greek Pottery on the Coast of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
- Eleven Consumption of Geometric and Archaic Greek Pottery in the Emporion of Huelva (Tartessos, South-Western Spain)
- Twelve Greek Geometric Ceramics from Phoenician Utica
- Thirteen The Greek Geometric Pottery from the Tunisian Excavations at Utica
- Fourteen Early Iron Age Greek Pottery at Sidon
- Fifteen The Role of Aegean Imports and Aegeanizing Wares in the Phoenician Cemetery of al-Bass, Tyre
- Sixteen Concluding Remarks on Early Greek Pottery Production, Exchange and Consumption Overseas
- Catalogue of the NAA Samples and Results
- Appendix
- Index
- References
Summary
This paper examines a Greek Middle Geometric II pottery assemblage recovered during the Tunisian-Spanish excavations in the ancient city of Utica, Tunisia. The ceramics come from the deposit that sealed Well 200017, which further contained animal bones representing the remains of a ritual collective banquet. The ceramics are mainly of Phoenician, Libyan and Sardinian as well as Greek, Italic and Iberian origin. Most of the sherds come from bowls for consumption of food and drinks; there are also a few vessels for serving food and amphoras, while cooking vessels are very scarce. Based on our radiocarbon evidence, the context dates between 965–903 cal BCE, with a lower interval at 832 cal BCE. Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) was carried out on forty-five samples mainly of Geometric pottery in two campaigns. This paper presents the NAA results of the pottery from Utica’s well that were sampled during the first campaign in 2015.
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- Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean WorldTracing Provenance and Socioeconomic Ties, pp. 363 - 397Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024