Prehistoric Thessaly; being some account of recent excavations and explorations in north-eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the borders of Macedonia . d. They were mixed up with the Mycenean sherdsand so seem to be contemporary. They do not differ from the usual style ofthis ware, as shown in the finds from Marmariani and Theotoku. Mycenean ware : a fair quantity was found all over the top of the mound,but especially at the bottom of the east slope with Aia ware. It is all of thelatest style (L. M. III), ami many pieces might even be called usual shape is the ordinary Mycenean
Prehistoric Thessaly; being some account of recent excavations and explorations in north-eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the borders of Macedonia . d. They were mixed up with the Mycenean sherdsand so seem to be contemporary. They do not differ from the usual style ofthis ware, as shown in the finds from Marmariani and Theotoku. Mycenean ware : a fair quantity was found all over the top of the mound,but especially at the bottom of the east slope with Aia ware. It is all of thelatest style (L. M. III), ami many pieces might even be called usual shape is the ordinary Mycenean kylix, another shape is shown inthe vase from the tomb (Fig. 23<), and it is remarkable that there are no 5—2 36 Raklunniii, Pottery fragments of biigelkannen. In technique the ware, which is of course \yheelmade, is good, but the paint and patterns are very degenerate: linearpatterns are common, but spirals rare. It will be seen from a consideration of the pottery of the four strata thatafter the second there is a steady degeneration till the advent of wheel madeMvcenean and Ala wares at the end of the fourth stratum just before the site. Fig. 15. Pithos fragments from Rakhmani IV (scale i : 2). ceased to be inhabited. The presence of B^a sherds in the fourth stratum mayseem strange, but this ware is .so common in the .second stratum that thesurface soil of any succeeding settlement was almost certain to contain a fewsherds of it. Consequently it is only natural to expect a little of it to appearin IV. The following diagram (Fig. 16) will explain the details of the stratificationof the different wares, and their relation to the four periods. Rak/iniaiii, Architecture 37 Strata 1 11 III IV Ai A2 A3/3 A3y A4 Asa, As^ — — Bi B2 B30 B3/8, /33y r,y - - - .... 3 Late Miiinan III Ata Periods FIRS r SECOND IHIRD FOUKIH Fig. 16. Diagram to explain Stratification at Rakhmani. In this and similar diagrams (, 90, 105) the thick lines indicate that a ware is common, an
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