Interconnectivity between Seclusive Iron Age Communities and Burgeoning Greek Colonies in the Eastern Adriatic Illustrated through Analysis of Ceramic Material Culture

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Ceramics and Archaeological Sciences 2024" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Eastern Adriatic region is historically an ingress into the Mediterranean and its wider cultural sphere, serving as a crossroads of cultural exchange and influence. Many seclusive communities have made their homes here since the Neolithic Age, though the Iron Age saw the arrival of numerous Greek settlements as many city-states sought to expand westward. The island of Hvar and the surrounding mainland settlements serve as a microcosm within which the influence of these different communities upon one another may be explored. This exploration was undertaken via multiple spectroscopic and chemical methods, with a special focus on an innovative geochemical technique that uses in-situ spot analysis over a homogenized approach. These methods include x-ray powder diffractometry (XRD), optical petrography, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Preliminary results suggest firstly that native pottery was fired likely at higher temperatures than once assumed, and secondly that the clay paste preparation possibly changed after Greek arrival. These early results indicate that the native communities possessed greater technological acumen than previously ascribed to them and that they likely had greater interaction with the Greek settlers.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)   •
• Ceramics and Archaeological Sciences 2024

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Abstract Id(s): 37761.0