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I.—Excavations At Sparta, 1907: § 6.—The Early Pottery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

J. P. Droop
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The earliest pottery yet discovered by the excavations at Sparta is of the Geometric (post-Mycenaean) style.

In 1906 a thick deposit of this ware was revealed by the trial trenches at the site of the temple of Artemis Orthia, and it was also found in the trial pits at the Heroön by the river bank. In 1907 the further excavations at the Orthia site produced a sufficient quantity to allow of a definite report on the nature of this style in Laconia: a task which has been greatly helped by the discovery of a fresh deposit of the pottery on the Acropolis by the site of the Chalkioikos.

Type
Laconia
Information
Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 13 , 1907 , pp. 118 - 136
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1907

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References

page 118 note 1 B.S.A. xii. pp. 288 ff.

page 118 note 2 Wide, Geomelrische Vasen, p. 23.

page 118 note 3 S.M.C. p. 223.

page 119 note 1 Loc. cit.

page 121 note 1 There are some sherds of Geometric ware in the museum of Taranto, found in the excavations of the Scoglio del Tonno, which bear all the marks of the Laconian style.

page 123 note 1 S.M.C. p. 225.

page 124 note 1 S.M.C. p. 245, 798 (2).

page 127 note 1 J.H.S. xxii. p. 46; Walters, , History of Ancient Pottery, i. p. 301.Google Scholar

page 127 note 2 v. Hoppin, , The Argive Heraeum, ii. p. 126.Google Scholar

page 129 note 1 B.S.A. xi. p. 83.

page 129 note 2 v. § 9. pp. 170 ff., Fig. 2. Quite 10,000 were found here, both cf black glazed, and unglazed ware. Some of the better specimens show added white. There were in all 39 types, of which 23 are represented by unique specimens. The type C furnishes nearly 50 per cent., the types A and B 20 per cent., and 17 per cent, of the whole. Here the types D and F have few representatives, but F, which never is glazed, is found more often at the Orthia site. The stratification there shows that they began with the seventh century, but it was not possible to find any trace of change or development among the masses deposited in the vineyaid. The clay is the pink local product.

page 130 note 1 E.g. Böhlau, Aus ionischen und italischen Necropolen, p. 126, Pl. X. 6, 9.

page 130 note 2 It is interesting to note that two such vases exist complete in the Museum of Syracuse, Sala XII. They are from Megara Hyblaea.

page 132 note 1 B.S.A. xii. Pl. IX.

page 132 note 2 Wide, Lakonische Kulte, p. 118. I owe this suggestion to Mr. Wace.

page 132 note 3 B.S.A. xii. Pl. VIII.

page 135 note 1 Cf. Studniczka, Kyrene, pp. g ff.; Milchhöfer, Anfänge der Kunst in Griechenland, pp. 181 ff.; Klein, Euphronios, p. 77.