Early Iron Age Klazomenai

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Seven - Early Iron Age Klazomenai

The Evidence from Neutron Activation Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 May 2024

Rik Vaessen and

Yaşar E. Ersoy

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Stefanos Gimatzidis

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Stefanos Gimatzidis: Affiliation:
Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna

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Klazomenai, in the North Ionian region of the eastern Aegean, is an important site with a long occupation history that began in the 5th millennium BCE. Recent excavations have revealed diverse data from the domestic and the funerary spheres dating to the Early Iron Age. Large dwellings located on the southern outskirts of the prehistoric mound at Liman Tepe suggest continuous occupations during the transition from the end of the Late Bronze Age and throughout the Early Iron Age. Nineteen pottery samples were selected covering a chronological sequence from the late 12th through the late 6th century BCE for NAA. The results show Klazomenai’s involvement in pottery production during the 10th through the 6th centuries BCE and prove the site’s participation in long-distance maritime trade networks in the (northern) Aegean basin during the early first millennium BCE.

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Early Iron Age Ionia Klazomenai network of communication.

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Information: Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World
Tracing Provenance and Socioeconomic Ties
, pp. 215 - 243

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009474825.008 [Opens in a new window]

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Print publication year: 2024

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