Neolithic jug
Π14076
Clay
Intact
Height: 16 cm. Rim diameter: 8 cm.
Kastelli Phourni Merambello
Stone Age. Final Neolithic period.:
4500 - 3100 BC:
Gallery:
ICase:
2Exhibition thematic unit:
Stone Age (7000-3000 BC). The first communitiesNeolithic communities
Description
Handmade vessel with squat globular carinated body, cylindrical neck and flat base. It has a large raised angular handle on one side and a small pierced protrusion on the other. It is burnished inside and out, a technique that prevented the surface from absorbing liquids. It belongs to a group of vessels found at the bottom of a Neolithic well. They were probably used for drawing water. During this process, some vessels either broke against the sides of the well or fell in and sank to the bottom when the rope used to draw them up frayed. The well was 17 metres deep and 2-2.5 metres in diameter. It may be the earliest engineering work excavated in Crete.Bibliography:
Manteli, K. "The Neolithic Well at Kastelli Phournis in Eastern Crete." Annual of the British School at Athens 87 (1992): 103-120. Platon, Ν. "Η Αρχαιολογική Κίνησις εν Κρήτη κατά το Έτος 1959." Κρητικά Χρονικά Vol. 13 (1959): 359-393.Author:
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