REFUGEES, TRADITION, ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE (Other Keyword)
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Refugees, tradition and the state: malleable materials and plastic practices in ceramic production on Lesvos, Greece. (2017)
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Lesvos (Mytilini) in the Eastern Aegean has been prominent on our TV screens during the human migration towards Europe. The last major population movement in the area, around 100 years ago, comprised the Greek-speaking Christian Orthodox, including several potters, forced out of Asia Minor. Some of these craftspeople came from Canakkale, in present day Turkey, working in the tradition of sometimes bizarre glazed wares. They settled on an island with a large number of active workshops producing...