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Pots, trade and the archaic Greek economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robin Osborne
Robin Osborne*
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Corpus Christi College, Oxford OX1 4JF, England
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Fine painted pottery is the archaeological trade-mark of the Greek presence overseas. Since other materials of exchange in the Classical world — soft things like grain, oil and slaves — are less archaeologically visible, a fresh look at issues in the archaic Greek economy revolves once more around patterns in the ceramics.

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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 267 , March 1996 , pp. 31 - 44
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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