Abstract
During D. Levi’s excavations on the south slope of the Athenian Acropolis in 1922, significant evidence for a Neolithic occupation of this area came to light. From the study of the finds and the stratigraphic evidence, D. Levi considered that the area he excavated, between the Herodes Atticus Odeon and the Asclepius Temple, was a “hut” belonging chronologically to the Middle and Late Neolithic periods. During a new study of the ceramic repertoire, the existence of Final Neolithic pottery has been confirmed. Among the pottery of the Final Neolithic, a specific group of fragments has now been recognized as part of a perforated chimney from a shaft furnace/furnaces in use for metallurgical activities. The presence of at least one perforated furnace for smelting purposes opens a new series of questions related to this metallurgical practice and creates the need for further research related to the existence of similar sherds at other Final Neolithic sites in the Aegean. In this paper a fuller assessment of the subject will be undertaken, which considers the metallurgical evidence in parallel with the settlement patterns (types of site) that appear in the area of the Athenian Acropolis and at other contemporary sites such as Ayios Dhimitrios, The Cave of the Lakes and Sarakenos Cave.
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