Agora Publication: Agora XXIX
Title:   Hellenistic Pottery Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related Material
Author:   Rotroff, S.
Abstract:   The second of two volumes on the Hellenistic fine ware unearthed in excavations in the Athenian Agora, this book presents the Hellenistic wheelmade table ware and votive vessels found between 1931 and 1982, some 1,500 Attic and 300 imported pieces. An introductory section includes chapters devoted to fixed points in the chronology of the pottery, to a general discussion of the decoration of Hellenistic pots, both stamped and painted, or “West Slope,” and to the question of workshops. The author dedicates much of the text to a typology of Attic Hellenistic fine ware, carefully examining the origins, development, chronology, forms, and decoration of each shape. The ordering of the material by function rather than by the form of vessels provides insight into life in Hellenistic Athens. Especially important is the development of a chronological framework that builds upon and refines the author’s earlier work in this area.
Series Title:   The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
Publication Place:   Princeton
Publisher:   American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Volume:   29
Date:   1997
Page:   iii-v+vii-ix+xi-xv+xvii-xxxviii+1+3-79+81+83-217+219+221-237+239-427+429+431-473+475+477-487+489-517+519-551+553+555-571+573-575
iii-viii
ISBN:   978-0-87661-229-3
ISSN:   1558-8610
Jstor:   http://www.jstor.org/stable/3602009
Google:   http://books.google.com/books?id=F6-TU5ZEei0C
DOI:   10.2307_3602009
    10.2307_3602010
    10.2307_3602011
    10.2307_3602012
Oxbow URL:   http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/19295
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