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Mycenaean feasting on Tsoungiza at Ancient Nemea
Hesperia, Spring, 2004 by Mary K. Dabney, Paul Halstead, Patrick Thomas
(20.) Wiener 1998.
(21.) Isaakidou et al. 2002; Stocker and Davis, this volume.
(22.) A statistical breakdown is provided for two admittedly small Nichoria units dating to LH IIIB2: see Shelmerdine 1992, pp. 510-511. Frizell (1980) does quantify LH IIB-IIIA1 strata at Asine, but the frequencies of solidly painted sherds are not explicitly given.
(23.) See Schonfeld 1988.
(24.) By making some assumptions about Frizell's (1980, pp. 34-50) counting procedures, it appears that 11% of the painted sherds from stratum 2 under room D were patterned and fewer than 1% had linear decoration.
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(25.) Although exact numbers are not provided, Martin (1992, p. 488) states that in a pure LH IIIA1 unit at Nichoria, 2% of the sherds were decorated (presumably this figure includes patterned and linear examples), 11% solidly painted, 67% plain ("fine" in terms of terminology employed in characterizing the Tsoungiza deposits), and 20% coarse ("medium-coarse" and "coarse" at Tsoungiza). It is not clear whether these figures are calculated before or after mending. With the data from Tsoungiza aggregated in this fashion, "decorated" sherds would amount to 7.2% of the total deposit, solidly painted to 16.4%, "plain" to 51.4%, and "coarse" to 25%. The prevalence of solidly painted vessels at Nichoria (mostly goblets) may be an indication that this form of decoration is much more common than has been supposed and may continue into LH IIIA2; Shelmerdine (1992, p. 496) notes that solidly painted kylikes and stemmed bowls, taken together, outnumber patterned kylikes in levels she dates to LH IIIA2 (early) by a 3:1 ratio. For Asine, Frizell (1980, pp. 120-121) states only that solidly painted decoration is the most frequent type observed in LH IIB-IIIA1 levels.
(26.) For the Citadel House, see Wardle 1969, p. 280. For the South House, see Mountjoy 1976, p. 111, table 3.
(27.) Wardle 1969, pp. 280-282; Mountjoy 1976, p. 111.
(28.) Moore and Taylour 1999, pp. 46-47; French 1985, pp. 214-216, 221.
(29.) French 1971, pp. 103-105, 109.
(30.) Palace of Nestor III, p. 159, fig. 232:a-c.
(31.) Wright 1996, p. 61.
(32.) Wright 1996, pp. 69-70.
(33.) J. M. Hansen (pers. comm.).
(34.) Cf. Hayden 2001, pp. 40-41.
(35.) These suggestions are based on the assumption that domestic animals were not in communal ownership.
(36.) B. Hayden (pers. comm.).
(37.) Shelton 2002.
(38.) Hayden 2001, pp. 58-59.
(39.) Dietler and Herbich 2001, p. 252.
(40.) See de Fidio 2001, pp. 23-24.
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Cherry, J. F., J. L. Davis, and E. Mantzourani. 2000. "The Nemea Valley Archaeological Project Archaeological Survey: Internet Edition" (http://classics.uc.edu/NVAP/).
Dabney, M. 1997. "Craft Product Consumption as an Economic Indicator of Site Status in Regional Studies," in TEXNH: Craftsmen, Craftswomen, and Craftsmanship in the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the 6th International Aegean Conference, Philadelphia (Aegaeum 16), ed. R. Laffineur and P. P. Betancourt, Liege, pp. 467-471.
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