Neolithic : Vessels
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The vessels of locus 609 |
Pottery decoration |
Black on red |
Lamps |
Vessels for filtering |
Stone vessels |
 Marble |
Marble
Physical-chemical analyses of artefacts found in other Neolithic sites (Limenaria on Thasos, Dispilio in Western Macedonia), conducted at the Laboratory of Archaeometry Demokritos, suggest that the marble used for their manufacture may have come from a very long distance away, possibly the Cyclades. The analysis of similar objects from Dikili Tash is still under way but the same result would not be surprising. Exchange networks in the Aegean and the Balkans are attested since the beginning of the Neolithic. Both raw materials (e.g., obsidian from Milos or the Carpathians, honey-coloured flint from Northern Bulgaria) and finished objects or their contents (spondylus ornaments, black-on-red decorated vessels travelling from the lower Struma Valley to the Volos Bay in Thessaly) were transported. In the case of marble, the absence of manufacturing waste or unfinished objects would suggest that imports concerned finished vases rather than marble blocks.
Last Update : 2/02/12 |
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