Ο κεραμικός κλίβανος Πενταβρύσου Καστοριάς
Part of : Εγνατία ; No.12, 2008, pages 145-177
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Ceramic kiln of Pentavrysos in Kastoria
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Αρχαιολογία
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The subject of this article is the presentation of the ceramic kiln, which was discovered in 1996 nearby the village Pentavrysos, 16 km southwest of the city of Kastoria as well as the research based on its findings, mostly pottery, which consisted mainly of pottery found during the excavation of the kiln. The study refers to a middle size pear-shaped kiln (type la), which belonged to a non excavated ceramic workshop in the surrounding area and which was possibly located at the edge of a small village, the exact location of which might be found in the neighboring hill of Kinina. The findings of the kiln were mostly sherds of unglazed domestic wares, although there is a very small amount of glazed pottery as well. The fact that the shapes that prevail among them are the hydriai and the lekane, might suggest a specialization of the workshop on those shapes. Two loom weights, kiln supports and a stone sling bullet were also found. The study of those findings and some structuring details on the kiln, could lead us to the conclusion that the kiln was in use during the period between the end of the 5th cent. B.C. and the end of the 4th or the beginning of the 3th cent. B.C., with an intervening repairing phase, dated in the third quarter of the 4th cent. B.C. This dating matches the results derived by the archaeomagnetic measurements of the kiln material. However, sometime during the 3rd cent. B.C. the kiln was transformed into a pit for the waste of the workshop.
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