For five and a half centuries amphorae were used by the ancient  Greeks to transport olive oil, wine and other liquid and  semi-liquid products. The analysis of this distinctive pot form  now provides our main source of information on the lost organic  staples of the classical economy. Undiagnostic fragmentary amphorae remains  are often the most common ceramic find during excavations in the  Mediterranean, and until now a methodology has been lacking for  their effective study. Traditionally chronological and regional types  have been established by stylistic analysis and the incomplete evidence of  administrative stamps. In this book Whitbread surveys this methodology  but compares it with the results of his own extensive work on the  ceramic petrology of Greek amphorae. His pioneering approach not  only reveals new information about Greek trade but also sheds  fascinating light on the production of these commonly found  vessels.

Greek Transport Amphorae: A Petrological and Archaeological Study (Fitch Laboratory Occasional Paper)

History

Whitbread, Ian K.

Ancient Civilizations

British School at Athens

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Greek Transport Amphorae: A Petrological and Archaeological Study (Fitch Laboratory Occasional Paper)