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Document Details : Title: A New Classification System for East Greek Pottery Author(s): KERSCHNER, Michael , SCHLOTZHAUER, Udo Journal: Ancient West & East Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Date: 2005 Pages: 1-56 DOI: 10.2143/AWE.4.1.3291781 Abstract : At present, we are faced with several competing classifications of East Greek pottery of the Archaic period. New finds and recent research have, however, shown that all of them have grave deficiencies. A new approach is, therefore, made in this paper to a classification system that, for the first time, comprises all classes of East Greek ceramics, figural and ornamental, banded as well as unpainted wares, within a homogeneous framework. The basic principle of the new system is a division according to production places or regions on the one hand and, on the other, a separation according to chronological periods and phases. The definitions are flexible in terms of their precision, and the classification can, therefore, be adapted if and when further progress in research should make this necessary. To a large extent the new system is compatible with the classification of R.M. Cook. The present article uses the painted pottery of South Ionia as a template with which to explain the proposed new classification. |
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