Vassilis Kilikoglou

A. Hein

Anno Hein

Yannis Maniatis

Forty-three short papers, presented at the 5th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics held in Athens in 1999, reflect on recent archaeological and scientific developments in the anaysis of ceramics, with emphasis on pottery from the Aegean, Italy, Iberia and Central Europe.

Papers Presented at the 5th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics, Athens, 1999

Modern Trends in Scientific Studies on Ancient Ceramics

Peter M. Day

Joseph W. Shaw

Aleydis Van de Moortel

An in-depth study of the Late Minoan IA cross-draft kiln found in excavations at Kommos, Crete. The kiln is of a type popular during the Neopalatial period, and its good state of preservation has allowed the authors to speculate about its original internal layout and use, as well as about the roof that covered it. Much of the large quantity of pottery found associated with the kiln is analyzed in detail, allowing for the first time the study of the shapes, decoration, and technical characteristics of vases known to have been fired in a specific LM IA kiln. The book presents an integrated program of analytical techniques used to illustrate the range of firing temperatures, the compositional similarities and differences in the clays used, and aspects of the firing process and the upper kiln structure. Offered here is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the technology and organization of ceramic production at the beginning of the Late Minoan period, which will form a basis for studies of pottery provenience and exchange.

Function and Pottery Production

A LM IA Ceramic Kiln in South-central Crete

Vassilis Kilikoglou

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