Pottery Summary

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The first excavated grid of A/28-30 produced a majority of coarseware fragments consisting mainly of body pieces.  Orangeware handles, rim and foot pieces werw also unearthed, but to a lesser degree.

Grids D-F/28-30 offered coarseware pottery fragments simply identified as either rim, body, or base fragments.  F/28-30 provided some coarseware handle fragments.

Grids G/28-30 included coarseware fragments as well as Ionic bowl pieces, bucchero rim fragments, presumably from shallow bowls and plates, were discovered in this area in addition to buccheroid body pieces.

The most common shapes for the greyware sherds, found in grids D-G/28-30, included conical foot fragments, bowls with vertical looping handles, shallow plate pieces bordered by a thick horizontal rim and shallow bowl rim pieces.

Orangeware sherds included body fragments, thick handles circular in section and a well preserved ring foot.

Bucchero pieces were scarce but usually consisted of plate fragments, narrow ribbon handles, and in particular a ring foot and a thick oinochoi base.

Coarseware and impasto were the most common fabrics found and their shapes included pot rim fragments, cooking bells, thick utility ware handles,

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often decorated, and bowls with high vertical rims.

The so-called Laconian ware consisted of thin-walled body fragments and rims often associated with the Ionic bowl shape.