Accession No
1926.319 C
Description
Ninety-four sherds from multiple vessels, consisting of thirty-four rim sherds, twenty-two handles, three base sherds, and thirty-five body sherds. Made up of brown, grey and red fabrics, with some polished red and black. Decoration includes incised lines, dots, cross-hatching, ribbing, and painted designs using black pigment.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Greece; Eastern Macedonia and Thrace; Kavala; Drama; Dikili Tash
Period
Late Neolithic
Source
Hutchinson, Richard W. [donor]; Welch, F. B. [collector]; Blegen, Carl [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1926.319 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Most sherds marked in black ink: 'Drama. R.W.Hutchinson'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
A large number of potsherds of various types; the majority un-decorated, handmade, of somewhat coarse ware, with a smooth and sometimes a highly polished surface; mostly black or pink; one sherd often showing both colours. A few decorated sherds:1) Coarse pinkish ware with incised ornament, linear 2) Coarse ware, polished dark grey surface, decorated with light grey paint 3) Coarse ware coated with puce-coloured slip, decorated with black paint. Also a polished stone celt of fine workmanship and a fragment of flint blade
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Welch, F.B. (1919). 'Macedonia III: Prehistoric Pottery'. The Annual of the British School at Athens, vol. 23. pp. 44-50
Event Date 1919
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Likely collected by F.B. Welch and Carl Blegen in c. 1919.
Event Date 1919
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for 1926.319 [A-C]: 'Fragments of pottery'
Event Date 1926
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Ninety-four sherds from multiple vessels, consisting of thirty-four rim sherds, twenty-two handles, three base sherds, and thirty-five body sherds. Made up of brown, grey and red fabrics, with some polished red and black. Decoration includes incised lines, dots, cross-hatching, ribbing, and painted designs using black pigment.
Event Date 15/3/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:49556
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