NEOLITHIC POTTERY PRODUCTION IN SOUTHEAST THESSALY THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF PETROGRAPHY AND MINERALOGY

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Published: Mar 26, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/bgsg.19351
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Ceramic petrography Velestino Raw materials procurement
Areti Pentedeka
Institut für Orientalische und Europäische Archäologie (OREA), Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, A-1010 Wien, Austria
Petros Koutsovitis
Centre for Research and Technology, Hellas (CERTH), 52 Egialias St. 15125, Maroussi- Athens, Greece
Andreas Magganas
Department of Mineralogy & Petrology, Faculty of Geology & GeoEnvironment, University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli Zografou, 15784 Zografou, Greece
Annie Rassios
dInstitute of Geology and Mineral Exploration (IGME), Greece
Abstract

The present paper focuses on the raw materials used for the local manufacture of pottery at two Neolithic settlements (Magoula Visviki, Magoula Agrokipiou) in the Velestino region, SE Thessaly, an area characterized by a distinctive ophiolithic sequence and its sedimentary weathering products. The mineralogical composition and rock fragment constituents of pottery fabrics are compared with that of rock and sediment samples from the adjacent area, thus locating the ancient raw material sources that were exploited.

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