Sea Brought Onto Land
Seascape Imagery in the Cycladic Pottery From Phylakopi (Melos) in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10965128 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Nuttall (0000-0003-2679-9677, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 119 |
| Pages | 61-81 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annual of the British School at Athens (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0068-2454 • E-ISSN: 2045-2403 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0068245424000017 |
| OpenAlex | W4392560362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
This study examines seascape depictions on pottery, including seafaring and sea creature scenes, from the 1896–9 excavations at Phylakopi on Melos, held in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. This analysis demonstrates that seascape scenes varied in character through time and were typically associated with vessel shapes connected to the pouring of liquids between Early Cycladic (EC) III and Middle Cycladic late and were later focused on basins. A focus on seafaring is evident in EC III, while later the iconographic focus on the sea concentrates on sea creatures. An iconographic interest in the sea, alongside that of birds and floral depictions, is suggestive of an interest in living forms that inhabit different places to humans (i.e., non-domestic) with different corporeality to humans. This research contributes further to the growing debate on human–animal/plant relationships and ontologies in the Aegean Bronze Age
Archaeology · Geography · Pottery · Seascape · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Ecology · Geology · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |