TRANSPORT JARS AND COMMODITY EXCHANGE AT THE LATE BRONZE AGE HARBOR OF KOMMOS, CRETE.

The harbor site of Kommos, Crete, has yielded rich evidence for long-distance exchange in the form of ceramic transport jars of types used not only for distribution within Crete and the Aegean, but also across the eastern Mediterranean. An integrated petrographic and chemical approach is here employ...

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Publicado en:	Hesperia Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 511 - 559
Autores principales:	Day, Peter M., Rutter, Jeremy B., Quinn, Patrick S., Kilikoglou, Vassilis
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American School of Classical Studies at Athens Oct2011
Materias:	Bronze Age pottery Amphoras Bronze Age Greek antiquities Kommos Site (Greece) Antiquities Crete (Greece) Greece
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Sumario:	The harbor site of Kommos, Crete, has yielded rich evidence for long-distance exchange in the form of ceramic transport jars of types used not only for distribution within Crete and the Aegean, but also across the eastern Mediterranean. An integrated petrographic and chemical approach is here employed in order to determine the provenance of short-necked amphoras, transport stirrup jars, Egyptian jars, and Canaanite jars. The results reveal a detailed picture of local jar production within southern Crete, as well as jars that have their origins in the Nile Delta and at several specific locations along the Levantine coast.