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Corinth and Corfu: A Neutron Activation Study of their Pottery

1977; Archaeological Institute of America; Volume: 81; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/503278

1939-828X

Marie Farnsworth, I. Perlman, Frank Asaro,

Ancient Near East History

Neutron activation was used to analyze pottery from Corinth and Corfu. Fine painted pottery from Corinth was shown to be surprisingly constant in composition over several hundred years. The clays closest to the clay used in the ancient pottery were found near the Potters' Quarter and in the neighborhood of the Tile Works, 1.9 miles distant. It was definitely established that Corinthian type pottery was manufactured in Corfu; the Corinthian type pottery from Aegina which was analyzed had been manufactured in Corinth. Undecorated pottery of light colored clay was manufactured in both Corinth and Corfu. Jars with the Corfu coin insignia were all of Corfu manufacture. Certain of the undecorated jars from Corinth (some untempered and some tempered with hornfels) matched the fine painted ware, but the undecorated ware showed considerably more variation in analysis than the fine painted ware. It seems that the manufacture of fine painted pottery was closely controlled in Corinth, but possibly the undecorated ware was manufactured locally somewhat as it is today in Aegina.