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Pottery and Stratigraphy at Iklaina in the 14th–13th Centuries BC

    Cynthia W. Shelmerdine

Synchronizing the Destructions of the Mycenaean Palaces, pp. 149-160, 2022/12/15


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Abstract

Iklaina is fulfilling the prediction that it would be an important Mycenaean site, and one of the major second- order centers of the Pylos state. Several different sectors are being uncovered, differentiated by function. This paper concentrates on the South Sector, where excavation has produced evidence for a monumental structure with frescoes, as well as other buildings, an outdoor pit shrine, roads and a gateway The North Sector, which includes both residential and industrial buildings, is still under study, as is the residential East Sector Iklaina is clearly a larger and more complex site than Nichoria, the other excavated second-order center in Messenia Four architectural phases can now be distinguished This paper outlines these phases and their ceramic dating In the light of this ceramic and stratigraphical evidence, the paper addresses current thinking about the town’s historical development and particularly about its relationship with the palatial center at Pylos (Englianos).

Keywords: Iklaina, pottery, Pylos, administration, destruction