Prehistoric Thessaly; being some account of recent excavations and explorations in north-eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the borders of Macedonia . Kic. 123. Lianokladhi II ; handles of Uifirnis ware (scale i : 2). Black wart;, coarse, but polished ; very little was tound. The few sherds of these two classes found in 11 are probably to beregarded as leakages from III. Painted ware, Mattmalerei (?). One shenl with a linear pattern in palel)r()wn on a smooth creamy surface was fountl. This resembles the Mattmalereiwart: from Aesjina ami .Artios, and is clcarlv importetl, but it is small, andn
Prehistoric Thessaly; being some account of recent excavations and explorations in north-eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the borders of Macedonia . Kic. 123. Lianokladhi II ; handles of Uifirnis ware (scale i : 2). Black wart;, coarse, but polished ; very little was tound. The few sherds of these two classes found in 11 are probably to beregarded as leakages from III. Painted ware, Mattmalerei (?). One shenl with a linear pattern in palel)r()wn on a smooth creamy surface was fountl. This resembles the Mattmalereiwart: from Aesjina ami .Artios, and is clcarlv importetl, but it is small, andnot in good contlilion. A somewhat similar sherd irom Orchonunos is inthe National Museum at .Athens. ?Si—- i8o Liniiok/nd/ii, Pottery Pithoi. Several pieces of large, coarse store jars were found. All areunpolished. One piece is decorated with a raised boss, and another hasa rope pattern in relief. Thus it will be seen that as far as the pottery is concerned there is nosign of any connection between 11 and the strata that precede and succeed shapes, technique, and decoration of the vases are entirely Fig. 124. Lianokladhi II; Urfirnis ware (scale i : 3). Stratum III. This again is separated from II by another sudden andcomplete change in the pottery. Most of the vases that belong to it werefound in the three-roomed house which is described below. The followingclasses may be distinguished. A1/8. Hand-made ware with geometric patterns in thin, matt black ona reddish biscuit (Mgs. 125, 126). The fabric is thick, and badly made, andthe patterns are painted directly on the clay. The surface is as a ruleunpolished, but there are some pieces which arc polished. The characteristicsof this class are, the large number of big vases, including even pithoi(Fig. 128), that are painted, the absence of bases, the bottoms being onlyflattened, and the irregularity of the patterns. In the latter the followingpoints should be noted, the frequent introduction of rude spirals on
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