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Turning Points in the Ceramic Sequence of the Northern Tip of the Lower Citadel at Tiryns

    Soňa Wirghová

Synchronizing the Destructions of the Mycenaean Palaces, pp. 49-96, 2022/12/15


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Abstract

During the excavations of the northern tip of the Lower Citadel of Tiryns by Klaus Kilian2 in 1982–1983 and by Joseph Maran (campaigns 2000–2003),3 a sequence of late Palatial and Post-palatial Mycenaean layers and architectural structures was uncovered They provide evidence for several turning points in the history of this location, which allow us to reconstruct a detailed pottery sequence from LH IIIB Early to the final Post-palatial period. In this paper, based on the pottery sequence in the area of Building XI and the Passageway to the North Gate the development of the painted Mycenaean wares from LH IIIB Early–Middle to LH IIIC Early will be outlined The results of the study of the pottery found during the 2000–2003 campaigns will be supplemented by the material found in this area by Kilian The focus will be on the local painted Mycenaean pottery Preliminary observations on the development of local unpainted and local and Aeginetan cooking wares from this area will be given as well Since the non-local ceramic vessels from this area provide important evidence for international goods exchange in the Palatial period, one section will be devoted to pottery of foreign origin From the methodological point of view, the monocausal method was used to date stratigraphic contexts In addition to this method, the polycausal method4 will be presented here based on the example of painted deep bowls.

Keywords: Tiryns, Lower Citadel, pottery sequence, LH IIIB Early–Final, LH IIIC Early