Prehistoric Thessaly; being some account of recent excavations and explorations in north-eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the borders of Macedonia . view of the shape of the neck to makeit easy to hang up the vase. An odd point about the two flat handles is thatthey are attached in a slanting position. The photograph does not show thisver) well, but they slant upwards and backvvartls from the body. Some pieces seem to come from broad. Hat plates with a low rim, like thetypical shape of TiS, to which class they may, indeed, belong. No other shapes can be determined with any certainty. The maj
Prehistoric Thessaly; being some account of recent excavations and explorations in north-eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the borders of Macedonia . view of the shape of the neck to makeit easy to hang up the vase. An odd point about the two flat handles is thatthey are attached in a slanting position. The photograph does not show thisver) well, but they slant upwards and backvvartls from the body. Some pieces seem to come from broad. Hat plates with a low rim, like thetypical shape of TiS, to which class they may, indeed, belong. No other shapes can be determined with any certainty. The majority ofthe vases of this class were probably large bowls, flat-bottomed dishes andperhaps also jugs. They are very occasionally decorated with one or twoincised lines, and a dish with crossed lines incised on the bottom inside is to benoted. The handles are often very rudimentary (Fig. 101 c,d, h, /, m, n, o,p),seldom large enough for the insertion of a finger but sometimes of a morepractical type (Fig. loi c, g, k). This ware is plentiful in V, \T, \TI and VIll, it is rare in lY, very rarein III, and two or three sherds were even found in a I Fig. IC4. Zeielia ; r3 vases from the seventh settlement. Pithoi. These are fragments of large, thick, store jars. They are decoratedwith raised lines of applied clay, either slashed across. Fig. loi /, or pinched inwith the fingers, Fig. loi a, and sometimes a raised spiral is found, Fig. 101 ^,which is at times .slashed. Fragments of these were common in IV-VHI, butdo not occur in I, II or III. This agrees with the conclusions derived fromother sites that pithoi do not occur in the First Period. Zeyclia, Potter \ 159 Ala. Three sherds, which resemble the ware of this class from Marmariani,Sesklo, Theotoku and Skyros, were found in VIII. They are not , but the similarity between them is indisputable. Minyan ware. Many pieces of this ware were found in \TII. Threeshapes can be distinguished: {a) ring-stemmed goblets (Mg
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