Hellenistic pottery: the plain wares, Volume 33

Susan I Rotroff

ASCSA, 2006 - Social Science - 438 pages

This manuscript represents the third and final volume in the publication of the Hellenistic pottery unearthed by the American excavations in the Athenian Agora. The first installment (Agora XXII) was devoted to the moldmade bowls and the second (Agora XXIX) to the remainder of the fine ware. The third presents the plain wares, including household pottery, oil containers, and cooking pottery. In all, about 1,400 Hellenistic vessels in these categories have been entered into the excavation record, which are represented here in a catalogue of 847 objects. The study constructs a typology, based on both form and fabric, and a chronology for these ceramics, using the fact that many of the pieces were found in closed contexts like wells. Finally, the author discusses the possible functions of the ceramic shapes found, and uses them to reconstruct some of the domestic and industrial activities of Hellenistic Athenians. While it documents the pottery assemblage of one site, this book will be an essential reference tool for archaeologists around the Mediterranean.

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 3
• FABRICS: 13
• DESCRIPTIVE OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS: 55
• HOUSEHOLD WARE: 69
• FUNNELS: 90
• MORTARS: 99
• KRATERS: 105
• BASINS: 116
• BEEHIVES: 124
• VESSELS FOR OIL AND UNGUENTS: 135
• COOKING WARE 165: 135
• SUMMARY OF SHAPE CHRONOLOGIES: 225
• CATALOGUE: 243
• DEPOSIT SUMMARIES: 341
• ANALYSES OF CERAMIC SAMPLES: 377
• RAMAN LASER MICROPROBE SPECTROSCOPY: 401
• CONCORDANCES: 409
• GENERAL INDEX: 431
• DEPOSIT INDEX: 439

About the author

Susan I. Rotroff is the Jarvis Thurston and Mona Van Duyn Professor in Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hellenistic pottery: the plain wares, Volume 33; Volume 33 of Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies; Volume 33 of Excavations in the Athenian Agora; Hellenistic pottery: the plain wares; The Athenian Agora; Volume 33 of The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations, American School of Classical Studies at Athens; Volume 33 of ˆThe ‰Athenian Agora
• Author: Susan I Rotroff
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: ASCSA, 2006
• ISBN: 0876612338, 9780876612330
• Length: 438 pages
• Subjects: Antiques & Collectibles / Pottery & Ceramics; Crafts & Hobbies / Pottery & Ceramics; History / Ancient / General; History / Ancient / Greece; Social Science / Archaeology