Pottery to the people. The producttion, distribution and consumption of decorated pottery in the Greek world in the Archaic period (650-480 BC)

Thesis

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Titlepage

Preface

Bibliographical notes

Contents of Volume I

List of illustrations in the text

I Introduction

PART I PRODUCTION

II Production studies from the past to the future

III Quantities of preserved pottery and the scale of production

IV Archaeological remains of Greek pottery production: excavated workshops and kilns

V Depictions of Greek potters and painters at work

VI The voice of the workshop: signatures as a source of information on potters, painters and the ways they worked together

VII Signatures, attribution and the size and organisation of workshops

VIII The magic mirror of the workshop: painted and written references of potters and painters to themselves and their colleagues

IX To the gods and the world: potters' votives as indications of wealth and status

X Secondary evidence for the status of potters and the scale and organisation of pottery production

XI Conclusions: pottery production as a large-scale phenomenon, hard-working potters and painters

PART II POTTERY IN ITS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONTEXT: PRICES, STATUS AND USE

XII Introduction

XIII Prices of pottery

XIV Domestic use of pottery and metal vessels: prices, wages, wealth and consumption patterns

XV Pottery and metal vessels in the household: the excavated evidence

XVI Pottery and other vessels in sanctuaries

XVII Pottery from graves

XVIII Conclusions: pottery as a semi-luxury

PART III DISTRIBUTION

XIX Introduction: from pottery distribution patterns to the organisation of transport and exchange

XX Pottery in transit: direct evidence of transport and exchange

XXI Pottery and sea trade: the ancient written sources

XXII Distribution patterns and distribution systems of Attic figured pottery

XXIII Patterns of production and consumption as evidence for distribution

XXIV Conclusions: a general view and detailed insights combined

XXV General conclusions

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Bibliography

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Contents of Volume II

Appendix I A catalogue of pottery workshop

Appendix II Catalogues of objects mentioned in Part I

Introduction to the Tables to chapters XV, XVI and XVII

Tables to chapter XV

Tables to chapter XVI

Tables to chapter XVII

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