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From Pottery to Politics? Analysis of the Neopalatial Ceramic Assemblage from Cistern 2 at Myrtos-Pyrgos, Crete

Oddo, Emilia
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9628-3823
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1455209050

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2016, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Classics.
The focus of this dissertation is the analysis of a deposit of Neopalatial (1750- 1490 BC) pottery uncovered within a large cistern (Cistern 2) at the site of Myrtos- Pyrgos, Crete. Excavated by Gerald Cadogan under the aegis of the British School at Athens in the early 1970s on the top of a hill (Pyrgos) near the modern town of Myrtos, Myrtos-Pyrgos is one of the most important and long-lived Bronze Age sites on the southeastern coast of Crete. The study of the Neopalatial pottery from Cistern 2 contributes to two inter- related research fields: pottery studies of Minoan (i.e., Bronze Age) Crete and theories of political reconstructions based on pottery analysis. The presentation of the Neopalatial pottery from Cistern 2 contributes to the knowledge of ceramics and ceramic production in Crete: this dissertation presents in detail the Neopalatial pottery assemblage from Myrtos-Pyrgos, providing stylistic analysis and contextualization within the broader ceramic production of Neopalatial Crete; thus, it also improves the current knowledge of southeastern Crete, an area whose ceramics remain poorly known. The stylistic and comparative analysis of the pottery from Cistern 2 suggests that the southeast needs to be considered a ceramic region on its own, a micro-region differentiated from but related to the ceramic production typical of east Crete. Aspects of ceramic regionalism and its significance are explored further in relation to the political role of Myrtos-Pyrgos during the Neopalatial period. In the context of earlier hypotheses of Cretan politics and, in particular those at Myrtos-Pyrgos, this dissertation reconsiders the relationship between material culture and the reconstruction of political dynamics, focusing on the role of pottery and pottery style.Based on my analysis of the pottery from Cistern 2, I demonstrate that pottery alone cannot inform or prove political dynamics and I argue that other types of material culture could be considered better indicators of politics.
Eleni Hatzaki, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Gerald Cadogan, M.A. (Committee Member)
Jack Davis, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Alan Sullivan, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
271 p.
Archaeology
Minoan archaeology; Myrtos-Pyrgos; Neopalatial Crete; Minoan politics; Regionalism; Minoan pottery

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  • Oddo, E. (2016). From Pottery to Politics? Analysis of the Neopalatial Ceramic Assemblage from Cistern 2 at Myrtos-Pyrgos, Crete [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1455209050

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Oddo, Emilia. From Pottery to Politics? Analysis of the Neopalatial Ceramic Assemblage from Cistern 2 at Myrtos-Pyrgos, Crete. 2016. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1455209050.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Oddo, Emilia. "From Pottery to Politics? Analysis of the Neopalatial Ceramic Assemblage from Cistern 2 at Myrtos-Pyrgos, Crete." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1455209050

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