This fascicle completes the presentation of the ceramic remains from the Franchthi Cave excavations.
Publishing Acknowledgements xii Preface xiii Background for the Study 1(6) Introduction 1(1) Classification 2(1) Terminology 3(1) Characterization Studies 3(1) The Ceramic Phasing 4(3) The Later Neolithic Contexts 7(15) Introduction 7(1) Later Neolithic Deposits within the Cave 8(2) Later Neolithic Deposits on Paralia 10(1) Franchthi Ceramic Phase 3 (FCP 3) Contexts 10(3) Franchthi Ceramic Phase 4 (FCP 4) Contexts 13(2) Franchthi Ceramic Phase 5 (FCP 5): Cave Contexts 15(3) Franchthi Ceramic Phase 5 (FCP 5): Paralia Contexts 18(4) Franchthi Ceramic Phase 3 (FCP 3): The Pottery 22(16) Low Lime Ware (LoLi) 22(9) Uncertain wares, Manganese Painted (MnPt) and Polychrome Painted (Poly) Varieties 31(2) Unusual and Potentially Intrusive Pieces 33(1) Summary and Discussion 34(4) Franchthi Ceramic Phase 4 (FCP 4): The Pottery 38(26) Franchthi Ceramic Subphase 4.1 (FCP 4.1) 38(10) Non-calcareous Class, Andesite Ware 38(2) Uncertain ware, Polychrome Variety (Poly) 40(1) Uncertain Wares, Manganese Painted Varieties (MnPt) 41(1) Ungritted Ware, Manganese Painted Variety (UgrMn) 41(1) Uncertain Ware(s), Manganese Painted Variety (MnPt) 42(1) Uncertain Ware, Gray Burnished Variety (Gray) 42(1) Lime Plus Iron ware, Pattern Painted Variety (LiFe) 43(4) No Lime Ware, Coarse Variety (NoLiCo) 47(1) Franchthi Ceramic Subphase 4.2 (FCP 4.2) 48(7) Andesite Ware, Burnished Variety (AndB) 49(2) Ungritted Ware, Manganese Painted Variety (UgrMn) 51(1) Uncertain Wares, Manganese Painted and Polychrome Painted Varieties (MnPt, Poly) 52(1) Uncertain Ware, Gray Burnished Variety (GrayB) 52(1) Lime plus Iron Ware, Pattern Painted Variety (LiFe) 52(2) No Lime Ware, Coarse Variety (NoLiCo) 54(1) Calcite Tempered ware, Coarse Variety (CalCo) 55(1) Franchthi Ceramic Subphase 4.3 (FCP 4.3) 55(3) Andesite Ware, Burnished Variety (AndB) 55(1) Lime plus Iron, Pattern Painted Variety (LiFe) 56(1) No Lime Ware, Coarse Variety (NoLiCo) 57(1) Calcite Tempered Ware, Coarse Variety (CalCo) 57(1) FCP 4 Varieties from Mixed Deposits 58(3) Andesite Ware, Burnished Variety (AndB) 58(1) Ungritted Ware, Manganese painted Variety (UgrMn) 58(1) Uncertain Wares, Manganese Painted Varieties (MnPt) 59(1) Uncertain Ware, Gray Burnished Variety (GrayB) 59(1) Lime plus Iron Ware, Painted Pattern Variety (LiFe) 60(1) Summary and Discussion 61(3) Franchthi Ceramic Phase 5 (FCP 5): The Pottery 64(32) Introduction 64(6) The Pottery from FCP 5.1a in FA balk 70(1) The Pottery from FCP 5.1b in FA balk 71(5) The Pottery from FCP 5.1c in FA balk 76(2) The Pottery from FCP 5.1 in L5 78(4) The Pottery from FCP 5.2 82(1) Additional Pottery from Upper Mixed Deposits 83(3) FCP 5 on the Rest of Paralia 86(2) Whorls and ``Weights 88(1) Summary and Discussion 88(8) The Implications of the Pottery Analysis 96(9) The Middle Neolithic Background 96(1) Franchthi Ceramic Phase 3 (FCP 3) 96(1) Franchthi Ceramic Phase 4 (FCP 4) 97(1) Franchthi Ceramic Phase 5 (FCP 5) 98(1) Explaining the Patterns 99(6) Franchthi Clay (FC) Objects 105(6) Post-Neolithic Franchthi 111(7) James A. Dengate Bibliography 118(6) Index 124(5) Tables 129(12) Plans 141(4) Figures 145(175) Plates 320
Karen D. Vitelli is Professor of anthropology at Indiana University and Director of the Franchthi Project.