Abstract
Iron Age Naxos in the Cyclades offers a nuanced insight into potting traditions of fine and coarse wares. Geometric Naxian coarse-ware pots belong to a hand-building tradition that was practised alongside Naxian wheel-made fine wares. Although hand-built, certain Naxian coarse vessels, i.e., storage amphorae and cooking jugs, from the second half of the 8th century BC onwards, show the use of rotational devices in roughouts and shaping to varying degrees, as preserved in the Tsikalario cemetery in inland Naxos. This thematic review, which serves as an introduction to on-going research, sets out the goals and approaches of a technological study which is also investigating the use of rotational devices on Iron Age Naxian vessels alongside other co-existing (hand-made) potting traditions. It is argued that such technological phenomena/changes observed are part of a wider picture that includes interactions and cross-fertilisation between ceramic artisans in the Iron Age settlements of the island.
Highlights
The conference was to be hosted by the University of Amsterdam, but was quickly reconfigured to take place entirely online
The keynote lecture was presented by Sander van der Leeuw entitled “Invention... in ceramics and the environment”, and he served as theme three discussant along with Carl Knappett and Valentine Roux
Recent scholarship on the topic has increasingly addressed issues which relate to the way that individuals, communities, and societies responded to the introduction of the potter’s wheel
Summary
Recent scholarship on the topic has increasingly addressed issues which relate to the way that individuals, communities, and societies responded to the introduction of the potter’s wheel. From 24th to 27th November, 2020, the international conference “Archaeological Approaches to the Study of the Potter’s Wheel” was held digitally, organised by Caroline Jeffra (University of Amsterdam, Tracing the Potter’s Wheel Project), Richard Thér (Philosophical Faculty, University of Hradec Kralové), Chase A.
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