Prehistoric Thessaly; being some account of recent excavations and explorations in north-eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the borders of Macedonia . to have been rough vesselsfor cooking, and other household purposes. Only two shapes can be dis-tinguished with any certainty owing to the irregularity of the vases : {a) Two-handled cups of polished ware ; the handles, which are missingin the most complete (Fig. 129 a), seem to have stood some distanceabove the rim, and to have been of the ribbon type. Lianoklaiihi, Pottery, Architecture 187 (b) Tall, round-bodied pithoi with a small s
Prehistoric Thessaly; being some account of recent excavations and explorations in north-eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the borders of Macedonia . to have been rough vesselsfor cooking, and other household purposes. Only two shapes can be dis-tinguished with any certainty owing to the irregularity of the vases : {a) Two-handled cups of polished ware ; the handles, which are missingin the most complete (Fig. 129 a), seem to have stood some distanceabove the rim, and to have been of the ribbon type. Lianoklaiihi, Pottery, Architecture 187 (b) Tall, round-bodied pithoi with a small solid base to set in theground. A sketch reconstruction of the shape is seen in the section inFig. 137. We found six of these in the central room of the house, fiveof them being still in situ. To these we can add the following odd pitces, the handle and neckof an amphora (Fig. 129 (5), the handle of a bowl in the form of a false spout(Fig. 131 b), and the bottom of a large jar with a mat impression on theunder side (Iig. 136). The latter is most interesting, since it shows howthe jar was made. A round slab of clay was laid on a large wicker mat,. Fig. 135. Lianokladhi III ; goblet of Minyan ware iscale i : j). as can be seen from the photograph. Then the lower part of the wall ofthe jar was fastened on to the edge of the bottom, and the potter proceededto build it up by turning the mat round for convenience in working solarge a vase. Architecture. The first two strata contained no remains of buildings excepting a certainquantity of stones presumably from fallen walls, but in the third and uppermoststratum a large house was discovered in a state of fair preservation. A jilanof this is given in Iig. 137, and a view looking into the central room in Kor other examples of mat impressions in (Ireece and elsewhere, see Excavations at Phylakopi,pp. 94 If., Il. VI. 34—2 188 L iauok/nd/ii, A re hit ect lire ^^%- 3^- ^^ • clear at once from the plan alone that this building is notentir
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