Κατεύθυνση Προϊστορική Αρχαιολογία
Library of the School of Philosophy

2024-10-25

2024

Tasopoulos Georgios

Ιωάννης Παπαδάτος, Καθηγητής Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας, τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Γεώργιος Βαβουρανάκης, Καθηγητής Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας, τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Βασίλειος Πετράκης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας, τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ

Οι μινωικοί κεραμικοί κλίβανοι με κανάλια: αρχαιολογικές και πειραματικές προσεγγίσεις μιας τεχνολογικής καινοτομίας και των κοινωνικών παραμέτρων της εμφάνισης και αποδοχής της

Greek

Minoan channel kilns: archaeological and experimental approaches to a technological innovation and the social parameters of its appearance and adoption

This Master’s dissertation discusses the appearance and the adoption of the technological innovation of the Minoan channel kiln in Crete during the Late Bronze Age. The most dominant type of pottery kiln in prehistoric Aegean was the updraft kiln with its various subtypes. Its use is observed throughout time in Greek Mainland, the Aegean islands and Crete, from the Bronze Age until the middle of 20th century. However, during the Neopalatial period in Crete a new type of pottery kiln appears, the so-called channel kiln. The limited geographical and chronological distribution of this type of kiln probably suggests a specialized technological innovation, which appeared to serve specific needs of pottery production. Despite excavations and various references to channel kilns in the literature, our understanding about their use, the reasons for their appearance and their abandonment remains limited.
For these reasons this study has chosen to combine archaeological data with the data of the first experimental construction of a Minoan channel kiln that was conducted by the author with the help of a team of archaeologists and potters. The purpose of this combined approach is to understand how a channel kiln was constructed and functioned. In particular, the materials of construction, the shape of the superstructure, the placement of the pottery within the kiln, the cost of construction, and the quantity of fuel are examined. In addition, studying the morphological characteristics of the channel kilns is equally important with understanding the reasons for the appearance, adoption and abandonment of this technological innovation. This study states that to achieve this aim, channel kiln should be examined under the scope of the current theoretical approaches related to technological innovation.

Archaeology

Late Bronze Age, experimental archaeology, pottery kiln, channel kiln, pottery production, technological innovation.

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