"dc-publisher","Type","Collection","Redirect","UserLevel","dc-title","Id","dc-description","dc-creator","dc-date","Name","Chronology","Icon","dc-subject"
"The American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Publication","Agora","","","Roman Pottery: Fine-Ware Imports","Agora:Publication:Agora 32","Examples of Roman period red-gloss and red-slip pottery generally termed terra sigillata found during excavations in the Athenian Agora form the focus of this volume. These fine wares, like the other table wares of the first seven centuries A.D. discussed here, were all imported—a very different situation to earlier periods where Athens was known as a great ceramic-making center, and perhaps the result of mass destruction of potters’ workshops during the Sullan sack of 86 B.C. While the image of a demolished pottery industry is tragic, the consequent conglomeration of finewares from many parts of the Roman empire in one city makes the Athenian Agora a tremendous source of comparanda for archaeologists working all round the Mediterranean. Written by the world’s leading expert on Roman pottery, this huge catalogue illustrating and identifying multiple shapes and types of decoration will therefore be an essential reference book.","Hayes, J.","2008","Agora XXXII","","Agora:Image:2009.09.0062::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0062.jpg::104::150",""
"The American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Publication","Agora","","","Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares","Agora:Publication:Agora 33","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 devoted to the moldmade bowls and the second (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, using the fact that many of the pieces were found in “closed contexts” like wells. Finally, the author discusses the possible functions of the ceramic shapes found, and uses them to reconstruct some of the domestic and industrial activities of Hellenistic Athenians. While it documents the pottery assemblage of one site, this book will be an essential reference tool for archaeologists around the Mediterranean.","Rotroff, S.","2008","Agora XXXIII","","Agora:Image:2009.09.0063::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0063.jpg::200::266",""