BECOMING MODERN: NORTH AEGEAN THRACIAN COMMUNITIES ADOPTING WHEEL-MADE CERAMICS
BECOMING MODERN: NORTH AEGEAN THRACIAN COMMUNITIES ADOPTING WHEEL-MADE CERAMICS

Summary/Abstract: The second half of the 8th and the early 7th century BC appear to be the time when the Thracian communities inhabiting the Northern Aegean littoral went through significant transformations. The material manifestation of the novelties in lifestyle during that period is best visible through the changes in ceramics. In this paper I explore the introduction of G 2-3 Ware as evidence of cultural transformations which took place among the Thracian communities. Various sites as case-studies are considered and aspects of its repertory of shapes, distribution and consumption are discussed. I focus on comparing the evidence from the pre-colonial levels registered in several coastal sites located between the lower courses of the rivers Strymon and Hebros. Many of the native communities got involved in a dynamic exchange with their neighbours from the Thermaic Gulf and the Chalcidice Peninsula to the west and with those from the eastern corner of the Aegean basin from the mid-8th century BC onwards. As a consequence, many of the Thracians living along the Aegean coast of Thrace were already using fine, wheel-made, painted tablewares for the needs of the cult, as well as in domestic context by the late 8th/early 7th century BC.

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