Ritual use, consumption, and depositional practices at Agriomernos Cave, Northwestern Samos (Greece)
A ceramic analytical approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22240347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sergios Menelaou (0000-0003-3267-1004, British School at Athens, corresponding author), Edyta Marzec (0000-0003-0179-4220, British School at Athens), Fotis Georgiadis (Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports), Stella Katsarou (0009-0008-6999-3297, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports), Anastasios Siros (Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports), A Darlas (0000-0001-6507-6397, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Pages | 100041 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Advances in Archaeomaterials (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2667-1360 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.aia.2024.100041 |
| OpenAlex | W4402511368 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
This study utilises pottery as a proxy to identify patterns of use and consumption, as well as depositional strategies at Agriomernos, a recently discovered cave site on Samos Island (Greece). This discovery challenges our understanding of human–landscape interaction within a marginal region across two distinct prehistoric chronological episodes. As part of a broader research project, this paper presents the results from an integrated, multiscale analysis of pottery through morpho-stylistic and macroscopic examination, thin section petrography, and wavelength dispersive X–ray fluorescence spectroscopy (WD-XRF). The analysis has revealed a compositionally diverse ceramic assemblage that represents a range of different raw material sources on the island and, by extension, different groups of people. The identification of off-island imports adds new evidence to the reconstruction of Aegean connectivity patterns. Agriomernos Cave constitutes a key archaeological site within an area previously unexplored, offering a unique opportunity to investigate ancient mobility, landscape sacrality, and ritual performances manifested through periodical and repeated acts of deposition
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Cave · Geography · Sedimentary depositional environment · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |