On the Early Date of the Sanctuary of Demeter in Apollonia: Some East Greek Pottery Cover Image

On the Early Date of the Sanctuary of Demeter in Apollonia: Some East Greek Pottery
On the Early Date of the Sanctuary of Demeter in Apollonia: Some East Greek Pottery

Author(s): Margarit Damyanov
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World
Published by: Muzeul de Istorie Națională și Arheologie Constanța
Keywords: Apollonia Pontica; Archaic Period; East Greek pottery; sanctuary of Demeter;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the East Greek pottery from the first half of the 6th c.BC, discovered at a site in ancient Apollonia Pontica, identified as a sanctuary of Demeter. Although fragmentary, the materials – Ionian cups, rosette bowls, etc. –indicate it emerged in the late first or the second quarter of the 6th c. BC, which fact make sit one of the earliest positively identified sanctuaries not only in Apollonia, but in the West Pontic region as a whole.

  • Issue Year: V/2018
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 141-154
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English