The Medieval Deposit from the Northeast Gateway at the Palace of Nestor

by Jack L. Davis and Sharon R. Stocker

Hesperia, Volume 82, Issue 4
Page(s): 673-731
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2972/hesperia.82.4.0673
Year: 2013
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ABSTRACT:

In 1958 and 1959 Marion Rawson explored medieval remains in the area of the Northeast Gateway in the Early Mycenaean fortifications at the Palace of Nestor. A substantial number of cooking pots, glass vessels, tiles, a small amount of glazed wares, and a few miscellaneous objects dating to the late 12th or early 13th century were associated with a small, poorly preserved building that had a paved floor and was once covered by a tile roof. The authors fully publish the finds here, while also considering their date and significance in light of a review of medieval patterns of settlement in the southwestern Peloponnese. Chemical analyses of glazes and colorants are presented in an appendix.