New Publication: The Middle Helladic Pottery

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Middle Helladic Pottery (Lerna IX), by Lindsay C. Spencer.

Located on the shore of the Gulf of Argos, Lerna is one of the most important prehistoric sites in Greece, having been occupied with few interruptions over a period of some 5,000 years, from the 6th to the 1st millennium BCE. Following excavations under the direction of John Caskey from 1952 to 1958, the well-preserved, deeply stratified archaeological record resulted in Lerna becoming the undisputed "typesite" and master sequence for the Early and Middle Bronze Ages on the southern Greek mainland. However, the Middle Bronze Age settlement and material have never been comprehensively published. In the first of two volumes devoted to the remains from this period, Spencer presents a catalogue of the Middle Helladic ceramic material—over 2,400 objects in total—along with an analysis of the shapes, decoration, and fabrics, elucidating the changing patterns of ceramic production and consumption at a key mainland site. Contributors to the volume include Carol Zerner, Ian Whitbread, Richard Jones, and Hans Mommsen.

Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Classification: Classes, Fabrics, and Shapes
Chapter 3. Chronological Trends by Decorative Class
Chapter 4. Shape
Chapter 5. Decoration
Chapter 6. Fabrics, Local Production, and Imports
Chapter 7. Conclusions
Catalogue
Appendix I. Lot Descriptions and Associated Pottery Finds
Appendix II. Petrographic Descriptions
Appendix III. Neutron Activation Analysis

Lerna IX
944 pp, 35 b/w and 2 color ills, 143 figs, 20 pls, 145 tables
9" x 12"
Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-87661-309-2

The Middle Helladic Pottery (Lerna IX) can be ordered from our distribution partner, ISD. The ASCSA gratefully acknowledges the support of the Archaeological Institute of America in the publication of this book.