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Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares (Athenian Agora)

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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 once devoted to the moldmade bowls and the second one (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, the use of the truth that most of the pieces were found in closed contexts like wells. In the end, the creator discusses the imaginable functions of the ceramic shapes found, and uses them to reconstruct one of the vital domestic and industrial activities of Hellenistic Athenians. At the same time as it documents the pottery assemblage of one site, this book will be an essential reference tool for archaeologists around the Mediterranean.

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