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Surface treatment of Neolithic vessels from Macedonia and Thrace1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

Paraskevi Yiouni
Paraskevi Yiouni
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Kavala Museum
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Abstract

This article examines the methods of surface treatment of the Neolithic vessels from northern Greece. The work is based on the study of a large sample of ceramics, covering the whole span of the Neolithic, from Macedonia and Thrace. Macroscopic study of the material was complemented by microscopic examination (SEM and petrographic analysis) and retiring tests. The results are compared with data from other technological analyses of Neolithic vessels from northern Greece. Apart from identifying, in some cases for the first time, methods of surface treatment and materials used by the potters of these regions, the present study considers the changes in surface treatment and firing techniques through time.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 96 , November 2001 , pp. 1 - 25
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