"Icon","dc-title","dc-creator","Id","Collection","Chronology","dc-subject","UserLevel","dc-date","Name","dc-publisher","Redirect","dc-description","Type"
"Agora:Image:2009.09.0039::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0039.jpg::104::150","Late Geometric and Protoattic Pottery: Mid 8th to Late 7th Century B.C.","Brann, E. T. H.","Agora:Publication:Agora 8","Agora","","","","1962","Agora VIII","American School of Classical Studies at Athens","","This volume reports on Athenian pottery found in the Athenian Agora up to 1960 that can dated from about the middle of the 8th century, when “the appearance of a painter of sufficient personal distinction to enliven the whole craft” marks a real break from the earlier Geometric style, through the third quarter of the 7th century when Protoattic gives way to black-figure and black wares. A sampling of contemporary imported ware is included. The material is treated first by shape and then, more extensively, by painting styles. Some 650 characteristic pieces are selected for cataloguing. The introduction discusses the development of the various shapes and styles, characterizing the special techniques and innovations of the period. The topographical features of the Agora that are indicated by the places of discovery of deposits of late Geometric and Protoattic pottery are summarized under wells, houses, workshops, sanctuaries, cemeteries, and roads.","Publication"
"Agora:Image:2009.09.0061::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0061.jpg::372::500","The City Eleusinion","Miles, M.","Agora:Publication:Agora 31","Agora","","","","1998","Agora XXXI","American School of Classical Studies at Athens","","An archaeological study of the City Eleusinion in Athens, the sanctuary of Eleusinian Demeter and the city terminus for the annual Eleusinian Mysteries. The book presents the stratigraphical evidence from excavations of a part of the sanctuary (conducted in the 1930s and 1959-1960), the remains of the Temple of Triptolemos, a Hellenistic stoa, and a propylon, and contains extensive descriptions of the context pottery, a discussion of the ritual vessel plemochoe, and catalogues of inscriptions, sculpture, and architectural pieces from the sanctuary. There is a survey of the topography of the sanctuary and its environs on the North Slope of the Acropolis, and a discussion of its relationship to Eleusis and its position as a landmark within the city of Athens. Since a significant portion of the sanctuary still lies unexcavated under the modern city, the book includes a detailed assessment of the only evidence known so far for the various phases of use of the sanctuary, from the earliest evidence of the 7th century B.C. to the late antique period.","Publication"