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Recent excavations b Italian teas at Haia
Tiaa ave substantiall incease te oiinal
sale o LM I otte ecovee b te excavations
o Halbe, Steani, an Paibeni in te “Villa”
an “Villaggio” between 1902 an 1914 (Fi. 1).1 In
1976, a otte kiln was excavate in te aea to te
east o te phylakeion b D. Levi an C. Laviosa.2
Fo 1977 until 1989, an aain o 2006, testtences wee oene b La Rosa in te aea o te
ol excavations to e-exaine te statia an
conolo o te onuental builins exose
Fo te en o LM IA to te en o LM IB: te
otte evience o Haia Tiaa*
Dario Puglisi
* Acknowleeents: I woul like to tank te Italian Scool
o Acaeolo at Atens o eission to stu te LM I
otte o Haia Tiaa an o tei continuous suot
uin wok. A secial ebt o atitue is owe to Po.
V. La Rosa, wo invite e to aticiate in te stu o
LM I otte o Haia Tiaa in 1997, an wo ea a
eliina vesion o tis ae. I also woul like tank
N. Cucuzza, O. Palio an J. Rutte o useul eaks an
eliina inoation about unublise otte. Te
awins ae b G. Melatti an te auto. M wa tanks,nall, to C. Licita an M. Metcale o tei el coectin
te Enlis text.1 Halbe, Steani & Banti 1977.2 Levi & Laviosa 1979-80.
Fi. 1. Haia Tiaa,
LM I otte contexts.
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Fi. 2. LM IB aaneent o Villaggio.
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at te beinnin o te last centu.3 Finall, o
1989 until 1995 a new secto o te LM I settleent,
te Complesso della Mazza di Breccia, was excavate
b La Rosa to te east o te so-calle Tomba degli
Ori .4 Te otte o tis secto is cuentl bein
stuie b N. Cucuzza.5
Te LM I statie contexts o sounins inte aea o te st Italian excavations ae cuentl
une stu b te auto.6 Te ave ovie
exteel useul evience o unestanin te
stlistic an conoloical eveloents o LM I
otte ouction at te site. Tese eosits ae
eneall unio in ate, substantial in size, an
can be assine to ieent sub-ases o LM I.
At te sae tie, analsis o tis ateial as also
ilite seveal otential obles. On te one
an, tee ae ancient an oen istubances,
wic ave cooise te eliabilit o testatia. Moeove, te sall size an scattee
istibution o te test aeas, wic ae soeties
lon istances o eac ote, ave colicate
ou abilit to ake connections between sequences.
Finall, te coilation o a enitive conolo
o tese contexts as been aee b te
absence o a colete sequence in te statia
o an one aticula test tenc.
As a esult, te conoloical seiation o te
contexts as been ene b linkin (soetieson stlistic ouns alone) atial statiaic
sequences o ieent excavation sectos. In tis
anne, we ave istinuise ve ceaic context
ous, wic a be lace o te en o MM
III to te en o LM I. Tese inclue an LM IA
Initial ou, an LM IA Final ou, an LM IB
ou coesonin to te nal estuction o te
Villa, an LM IB ou wic ost-ates te nal
estuction o te Villa, an nall an LM IB/II
ou. Obviousl, te conoloical labels assine
to te ous ae intene to be vali onl o te evience o Haia Tiaa; we o not wis
to suest tat all tese ceaic o conoloical
ases will be econize at ote sites in Cete.
To contibute to te unestanin o bot te
stlistic an conoloical eveloents o LM IB
otte ouction in Cete, I esent an oveview
o te otte in use at Haia Tiaa o te en
o LM IA to te en o LM IB. I woul also like
to note tat te esults can be consiee to ave
a ie eee o eliabilit o te LM IA Final
an te LM IB ases coesonin to te nal
estuction o te Villa tan o te late staes o
LM IB.
Te en o LM IA at Haia
Tiaa
At te en o LM IA, Haia Tiaa witnesse
an extensive oa o acitectual ebuilin
an a eoanization o vaious ats o te uban
lan (Fi. 2). At tis tie, Coio 74 in te
noteasten quate o te Villa was linke to a
new wate ainae sste, wic asse tou
te lowe squae (Piazzale Inferiore ) beoe eacin
te noten secto o te settleent (Villaggio). Atte sae tie, te Casa Est , a onuental builin
to te east o te Villa, was also linke to te sae
ainae sste.7
A substantial tenc was cut into te illsie
to ceate sace o te Piazzale Inferiore an te
onuental builins tat boee it to te east
(Stoa 10 ) an to te not (Bastione ). Tis ectanula
builin elace an ealie one o siila size an
lan but wit a ieent oientation, te Edicio
Ciclopico, wic was aze uin tis eio o ebuilin. Bot builins a obabl seve, in
tun, as annexes o te neab Villa.8
In te Villaggio, not o te Bastione , a sste o
wie teaces was built. Te not sie o tis sste
was etaine b a lon an assive wall unnin
east-west, te Muraglione a Denti .9 Seveal ouses
wee constucte on tese teaces, incluin te
Casa del Lebete , Casa delle Sfere Fittili an Casa del
Pistrinum.
3 La Rosa 1989; Pulisi 2003a wit biblioaical eeences.4 La Rosa 1992-3.5 Cucuzza in tis volue.6 Pulisi 2001; 2003a; 2006; otcoin (a).7 Pulisi 2003a.8 Pulisi 2003b. Fo te “Villa-annex colex”, see Pobloe
& Duon 1987-8.9 Pulisi 2007.
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The LM IA Final stratied contexts
Seveal otte contexts ae connecte wit tis
LM IA ebuilin oject. A ou o 18vases,
ostl colete an wit clea taces o bunin,
was ecovee in 1979 insie a it cut inte kouskouras in te aea oiinall occuie
b te Edicio Ciclopico.10 Tis context aeas
to eesent te onl suvivin otion o te
estuction lae o tis builin.
A bunt lae wit at least 85 vessels was ecovee
in 1986 in a naow sounin caie out to
te east o te Bastione (Tenc B).11 T i s
bunt lae obabl belone to an LM IA ouse
tat was oiinall locate at a ie
level alon te illsie an was involve in
te sae e tat estoe te Edicio Ciclopico.
Duin te eat ebuilin, assive lls wee
ue in oe to level out te new teace
aeas. Soe o tese lls wee excavate in 2006 inte oa alon te west sie o te Bastione an in
te aea o Roos S an P.12 Te lowe LM I lae
uncovee in 1979 in Sounin VI to te not o
10 La Rosa 1979-80, 137-9, s. 91-2; Pulisi 2003a,
171; 2006.11 Pulisi 2003a, 170, s. 15-7; 2006.12 La Rosa 2006.
Te 1
LM IA LM IB
Te 2
Te 3
Te 4
Te 5
a b
c
e
Fi. 3. LM IA an LM IB conical cus at Haia Tiaa (a: HTR 1030; b: HTR 1152; c: HTR 1076; : HTR 231;
e: I est av. 13; : HTR 2920; : HTR 150; : HTR 252; i: HTR 146). Scale 1:3.
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te Edicio Ciclopico soul obabl be ientie as
anote ll o tis sae eio/event.13 We ae
ealin ee wit ixe contexts – a eat aount
o Mile Minoan otte tat obabl oiinate
o te otion o te illsie eove at te tie
o te eat ebuilin, toete wit soe LM IA
ses wic eesent te latest ateial in teeosit.
Te estuction an ieiate ebuilin seen
in te Ciclopico aea obabl aecte ote sectos
o te settleent as well. In te Casa dei Vani Gamma
e Delta, sout o Casa Est , two sueiose
estuction levels wee ientie in 1978 in Roo
Delta.14 Stlisticall, te otte in te lowe level
is LM IA Initial (level IV, wit about 100 vases),
wile te otte o te ie level (level III,
wit about 140 vases) is LM IA Final.
Fute sout o Casa dei Fichi , a sounin in teMaakis oet (1988) bout to lit eains
o substantial walls (inicate as 1-3; Fi. 1, n. 13)
o uncetain unction (etainin walls?).15 A ll
ue at te tie o te constuction o tese
walls containe ca. 200 vases, wic stlisticall
aea to ate to tis eio o ebuilin.
The LM IA nal pottery
Aoxiatel 540 vases o LM IA Final contextsallow us to ene in eat etail te otte in
use at Haia Tiaa at te en o LM IA. Tis
otte is closel linke to LM IA Initial ceaics,
bot in anuactuin caacteistics an vessel
os, wile ieences ae oe evient in te
ecoation.
Te ost coon sae is te conical cu,
wic accounts o 35% o te total nube o
vases. On te basis o ooloical eatues an
iensions, we ave been able to istinuis ve
tes o conical cus in use at Haia Tiaa uinLM IA; oweve, we ae unable to iscen an
ieences between te LM IA Initial an LM IA
Final asseblaes (Fi. 3):
• Type1 (Fi. 3a): as an unainte conical bo
wit oune i. Te base an eit ave
te sae iensions o ca. 4.0 c, wile te
i iaete is ouble tat o te base an
eit. It is b a te ost coon o o
conical cu.
• Type2 (Fi. 3c): ies o Te 1 onl b its
attene an ainte i. It is also ae tan
Te 1, aeain in oul te sae nubes
as Tes 3 an 4.
• Type 3 (Fi. 3): ies o Te 1 b itseate eit, wic ives it te aeaance
o a tuble.
• Type4 (Fi. 3) is ooloicall siila to
Te 1 but te iensions o bot its eit
an base ae ouble (. about 8.0 c).
• Type 5 (Fi. 3): as a bo ole tat
vaies o eiseical to sei-ovoi; its
iensions ae lae tan Te 1 (. ca. 5.0
c; i ia. ca. 9.0 c), an as a ule, it is
onocoe. It is coon but not quite as
oula as Te 1.16
Tunin to te ne ecoate otte, te oen
saes consist ostl o cus an bowls. Aon
te cus, te ost equent is te oune vaiet
(Fi. 4a-c), wile te stait-sie (Fi. 4) an
bell saes ae even less coon tan in LM IA
Initial contexts. Te bell te continues te MM III
taition o ecoation, wic is liite to iin
te is.17 Aon bowls, we a istinuis a te
witout anles wit te sae iensions as teoune cu (Fi. 4) an a secon wic is bie
an unise wit a ai o oizontal anles.
Te tical ecoation o LM IA Final ne
oen vessels consists o a incial ieze on te
bo above oizontal bans (Fi. 4b, ) o, oe
ael tan in LM IA Initial, o a secon eiste
13 La Rosa 1979-80, 115-9, s. 66-7; Pulisi 2003a, 175;
2006.14 La Rosa 1979-80, 74-84, s. 28, 36; Pulisi 2001; 2003a,
163-5, s. 5, 7; 2006.15 La Rosa 1995, 535-7; Pulisi 2003a, 183-5; 2006.16 Fo te tolo oose b Van e Mootel o te
Neoalatial conical cus o Koos, see Van e Mootel
1997, 32-81, s. 5-10; Saw, Van e Mootel, Kilikolou &
Da 2001, 66-8, . 32. Coesonences between Haia
Tiaa an Koòs: Te 1 = Te C; Te 2 = Tes J, K,
M; Te 3 = Te D; Te 5 = Tes P, Q.17 Fo Haia Tiaa, see D’Aata 1989, 95, l. XXII, i, (MM
IIIB/LM IA context); o Koos, see Saw, Van e Mootel,
Kilikolou & Da 2001, 70 (LM IA Avance context).
"Final" with "F", not "f"
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wit a sinle wav ban.18 Tee ae usuall two
oizontal bans on te oune cus an tee
bans on bowls witout anles.19 Te bowls
alone a be ecoate on te insie usin te in-
an-out stle (Fi. 4). In aition to te atten
ecoate oune cu, we also n exales
wit onocoe exteios an occasionall,onocoe inteios (Fi. 4a). Tis te is not
atteste in LM IA Initial contexts.
Aon te ecoative otis, sials (Fi. 4c,
, ) an totoise-sell ile (Fi. 4b, e) ae still
in use, but te ae no lone as coon as in
LM IA Initial contexts. Instea, veetal otis
bein occuin in neal te sae ootion.
Aon sials, te etote (Fi. 5a) an tanent
tes (Fi. 5b-c) ae use equentl. A vesion o
te tanent te, wic we call “clockwise” (Fi.
5b), also becoes ve coon. Tis is ientie
b ollowin te iection o te sial clockwise
o te cente to te exteio; te link to te next
sial on te it ten takes lace at a oint below
te cente o te sial. In LM IA Initial contexts,ost o te sials ae tace ollowin a counte-
clockwise iection an ae linke to te next one
18 Fo LM IA Initial exales o Haia Tiaa wit a
sinle wav ban on te secon eiste, see Pulisi 2001, 95,
. 2-3; 2003a, 164, s. 5, 7 an 184, . 27.19 Bowl HTR 246, wit two oizontal bans, is an excetional
iece.
Fi. 4. LM IA Final otte o Tenc B (a: HTR 827; c: HTR 829; : Bas B I 11; e: Bas B I 19; : Bas B III 2;i: Bas B II 4), Maakis oet (b: Ma 3 c III 1), Edicio Ciclopico (: HTR 246), Sounin VI (: HTR 79, . 38).
Scale 1:3.
a bc
e
i
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on te it at a oint ie tan te cente o
te sial (Fi. 5c). Te “clockwise” tanent sial
becoes te ost evalent te at Haia Tiaauin te LM IA Final, an tis ten continues
in LM IB. Tis vesion, wic is also ve coon
at Koos an Paistos,20 is ae o absent at ote
Cetan sites,21 an tus os a clea ake o
woksos in te Mesaa.
An unusual eatue o te ieze on a bowl o
te Ciclopico it (Fi. 4) is te anne in wic
te sials wee tace. Tis exale elos a
salle nube o coils tan te tical LM IB
seciens. Tis stlistic eatue, wic we n on
ecoate bowls o te Volakakis House at Selinea Kailai22 an on bowls o LM IA Final
contexts at Koos,23 cons te late LM IA
conolo o ou contexts.
Aon te veetal otis, te ost equent
ae: tenil scoll (Fis. 4 an 5), alea atteste
soaicall in LM IA Initial contexts; ee, in
te vesion wit tin an ointe leaves, wic is
equent in LM IA Matue contexts at Knossos (Fi.
6, it);24 an oliate ban wit a sinle ste o
witout a ste (Fi. 6, let). Te steless vesion
o oliate ban, wic will becoe tical o LM
IB otte o te Mesaa, alea aeas ael
in LM IA Final contexts (two ses o te lls
beneat te Bastione).A sinicant but aenta iece (te base o a
bowl) o te in-an-out stle coes o Sounin
VI (Fi. 4). Its inteio is ecoate wit a osette,
wile te lowe eiste o te exteio is lle b
a ow o wat aeas to be stlize owes. So a
I ave not been able to n exact aallels o tis
ieze, but te osette is atteste on a siila LM
IB bowl in te Secial Palatial Taition (eeate
SPT) o Palaikasto.25 Te exale o Haia
Tiaa exibits a soewat ee, oe natualisticcoosition. It is ossible tat te statia o
Sounin VI was atiall istube b a it o te
st excavatos, an tis situation events us o
eteinin wete te bowl is inee an LM IA
ecuso to te iconoa o te SPT, o sil
an LM IB intusion.
Anote excetional iece o te LM IA Final
contexts is a kalathos o ne abic (Fi. 7), o
20 Paistos: Palio 2001a, s. 46e, 48, 50e, 50n, 52; 2001b,
253, . 11. Koos: Watous 1992, . 13, nos. 79, 84, .17, no. 259; Van e Mootel 1997, s. 13-4; Rutte 2006,
l. 3.44 (40/11), l. 3.47 (44b/6-11); Rutte in tis volue.21 Fo a new exale o Zointos, see Zoelle in tis
volue.22 See La Rosa & Cucuzza 2001, XXI-3, XII-1.23 See Van e Mootel 1997, C 9481, House X, Roo 1.24 Poa (e.) 1984, 156-8; Waen 1999.25 See Sackett & Poa 1970, NP 53, 218, . 9; o an
analoous exale o Keos, see Cue & Scoel ,
n. , l. .
Fi. 6. Ses o te lls to te west o Bastione.
Fi. 5. LM I
sials o
Haia Tiaa:
a, etote te;
b, clockwise
tanent te; c,
anticlockwise
tanent te; ,esco te; e,
unlinke etote
te; , tenil.
a b c
e
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lae III o Roo Delta. It caies a ieze o caeul
etote sials tat n oo aallels in Knossian
LM IA Matue contexts.26
Less evience is available o te close saes.
Jus an bie-soute jas ae te ost coon
saes wit atten ecoation; colla-necke jus
an pitharakia ae usuall onocoe. Pitharakia
becoe ve oula in te Mesaa o MM IIIan continue touout LM I (Fi. 10k) – a sae
tat is eculia to tis at o Cete in tat eio.
Te ecoation on te ne close vessels is
eneall subivie into ultile eistes, ost
coonl two o tee, as seen in LM IA Initial.
Exales wit two eistes ut esco te sials
(Fi. 5) above an te etote te below (Fi.
4i), wile tose wit tee eistes elo eite
te esco o etote sials in te ue ban,
totoise-sell ile in te cente an ultile
wav lines in te lowe ae.27 In aition to teseconsevative aaneents, tee is one oe te,
wic aeas onl once, on a eiu-coase
bie-soute ja o te ll in te Maakis
oet (Fi. 8a). Hee two etote sials occu
ost o te ont an back sies o te vase, an
aaneent tat will becoe ve coon in
LM IB.
On anote aenta eiu-coase vessel
o te LM IA Final ll in te Maakis oet,
we n et anote stlistic eleent tat anticiates
LM IB (Fi. 8c). It is a eculia vesion o etote
sial, wic we caacteize as “usin an unlinke
cente” (Fi. 5e). Tis eives o te act tat
te two sials o not touc at te cente.28 It will
becoe aticulal coon in te Mesaa an inCete in LM IB, wile it is ve ae in te LM IA
Final otte o Haia Tiaa.
Te sae vase (Fi. 8c) is aain wot o
ention because o te ieze on its soule, wic
islas a ic ou o cocuses. In aition, a bu,
wic is obabl o a siila coosition, is
visible on a sall se o te sae context (Fi.
8b). Tese vases, esite tei oo esevation,
testi to te existence in LM IA Final contexts
o colex veetal eesentations wic o a
beon te exessive caacities o woksosoeatin in LM IA Initial, an a eveal links
wit te conteoa wall aintins.
A ute oo o te icness an oiinalit
in vessel iezes in use at Haia Tiaa at te en
o LM IA coes o te vaious aents o a
close, lobula vase (Fi. 9) ecentl ecovee in
te lls o te Bastione . Te ecoation is aane in
two eistes: te to ieze wit ooke eleents
boee b sall ots an te botto wit a sa
o siallin bances boee b sall ots. Tiscolex atten, wic is eas eive o
te veetal wol, is oun on nueous vases o
Haia Tiaa at te en o LM IA but ns no
close aallels elsewee in Cete.
Te nal estuction o te Villa
As was alea obseve b te st excavatos,
te violent e wic ake te nal estuction
o te Villa also sea to te ouses sout o teMuraglione a Denti . Tis is unquestionabl cone
26 Evans 1928, 549, . 349 (Gsaes Well); Poa 1984,
l. 143, 14 (Unexloe Mansion).27 Fo a aallel o Seli nea Kailai, see La Rosa &
Cucuzza 2001, XXVI-13, . 120.28 Fo te LM IB conolo o te sial wit unlinke
cente, see Nieeie 1980, 29-31, . 31, 8-9.
Fi. 7. Kalathos HTR 314 o lae III in oo Delta
(Ac. SAIA 63729).
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Fi. 8. LM IA Final otte o Maakis oet (a: HTR 3333; b: Ma 3 a I 20; c: Ma 3 a I 22). Scale 1:3.
Fi. 9. Close vase HTR 3341 o te
lls o Bastione.
a b c
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b te stlistic unioit o te otte o tese
nal estuction levels an b te iscove in te
Casa del Lebete o Linea A tablets witten b te
sae ans as te scibes oeatin in te alatial
builin. 29
Alea in 1904, wit is st sketc o Cetan
Bonze Ae conolo, Evans inclue te ew
ublise vases o te Villa an Casa del Lebete inte sae ou o otte as o ote Neoalatial
builins, wic e believe a been consue
b a sinle assive an nal estuction.30 In
subsequent stuies, te bunt lae o te Villa,
wit its ceaics, bonze inots, witten tablets an
ote sins o te suen isaste, was consiee
to be a tical exale o te estuctions wic
ut an en to te Secon Palace Peio in LM IB.
Because o cicula auents, oweve, stuies
ave ae a linea ientication linkin te nal
estuction o te Secon Palaces an te en o LM
IB, consiein it one ceaic an conoloical
ase. Tis loic as been suote b te
consistent use o SPT vases as LM IB te ossils
in site o clues suestin tat tis excetional
class o ceaics enjoe a lon lie.31 Te esultas been te collase o te LM IB eio into
a sinle conoloical oizon, excluin a priori
te ossibilit o oe vaie an colex intenal
eveloents econizable in te otte.
29 Militello 1989.30 Evans 1906.31 Colstea & Huxle 1972; Mountjo 1974.
Fi. 10. LM IB DFV otte oVano con Pilastro
(a: Bas C IV 12; b: Bas C V 20; c: Bas C V 21; : Bas C V 24; e:
HTR 1296; : Bas C V 25; : HTR 1218; : HTR 1334; i: Bas C V 19; l: Bas C V 40). Scale 1:3.
a b c
e
i
l k; in the text
fig. 10 kk
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An inteetative aoac wic intens to
avoi tis otentiall isleain auent ust
stat wit te assution tat te nal estuction
o te Villa aene in an LM IB oent but
not necessail one coesonin, in ceaic an
conoloical tes, to te en o te eio. Fo
tis eason,32
I ave ecentl aue tat it is nolone aequate to use te sile label o “LM IB”
o te otte assine to te nal estuction o
te Villa, eein instea a oe secic label,
“LM IB Villa nal estuction” (eeate “LM
IB DFV”), wic exlicitl akes a connection
between te otte an tis estuctive event.
Fo tis esective, te ate o te tee LM
IB otte contexts, wic ave been istinuise
b statia in te Complesso della Mazza di
Breccia, ust also be ene wit caution. It is
icult to suose tat tis secto o te settleentcontinue to unction ate te isaeaance o
te Villa; oweve, we soul aain use te otte
to establis te ate o te nal estuction an not
vice versa.
The LM IB stratied contexts that corres pond
to the Villa nal destruction (or DFV)
Te ost substantial ou o new LM IB
DFV contexts wee ecovee uin te ecentexcavation o builins tat wee onl atiall
exloe at te beinnin o te 1900s: Roos I
an D o te Casa dei Fichi (1979-80);33 te Vano
del Pistrinum (1984);34 te Vano con Pilastro (1986);35
an te easten oos o te Casa a Nord della Casa
Est (1991) (Fis. 1-2).36 Te close oxiit o
tese builins, te unioit o te otte, an
te taces o bunin in tei estuction laes,
con tat tese stuctues wee consue b
te sae e tat estoe te Villa.
Moe tan 430 vases coe o tese contexts.Tis new sale eits us to ll in as in te
evience ecovee uin te st excavations,
aticulal wit esect to te vaiet o oen
saes in use at te tie o te nal estuction
o te Villa. Onl about 50 vases o te nal
estuction o te Villa wee ublise b L. Banti,
F. Halbe an E. Steani;37 50 oe unublise
exales ae cuentl une stu b te auto.38
Tese ae eneall less inteestin toloicall
an oten o not ave secic nsots. Te ue
LM I lae in Sounin VI soul also be assine
to LM IB DFV on te basis o its osition above
a lae o LM IA Final an because o te stlistic
caacteistics o te otte. On stlistic ouns
alone, we can also assin at least 100 exales ote kiln east o te phylakeion to LM IB DFV.39
Two aitional LM IB contexts wee ecovee
in te Maakis oet: te st one in te
aea o Walls 1-3 an te secon in Tenc C/1
on a lowe level o te illsie.40 Bot contexts
ovie consieable quantities o LM IB otte
tat is stlisticall siila to te ateial o te
nal estuction o te Villa; oweve, soe late
istubances in tese eosits equie tat we teat
te caeull.
The LM IB DFV pottery
In total we can assin about 800 vases to LM
IB DFV, wic tus becoes te best ocuente
ceaic ase at te site. Te tecnical caacteistics
an te eetoie o saes an otis o LM IB
DFV otte sow ake ieences o LM IA
Final. Tis suests tat tee was a lae assae
o tie between LM IA Final an LM IB DFV
tan between LM IA Initial an LM IA Final.Sinicant canes in tecnoloical tes can be
obseve in all classes o otte an vase saes.
On aveae te vessel walls ae tinne tan beoe;
te aint is oe esistant; te suaces ae oe
lustous, exibitin a ie eee o vitication;
an te ses eit a oe etallic soun une
ecussion.
Conical cus ae still te ost equent sae (Fi.
32
Pulisi 2003a.33 La Rosa 1979-80, 85-107; Pulisi 2003a, 164-5, s. 3-4,
6, 8; 2006.34 Di Vita 1984, 216, s. 23-4; La Rosa 1989; Pulisi 2006.35 Di Vita 1986-7, 457-8, s. 28-31; La Rosa 1989; Pulisi
2003a, 167-8, s. 9-14; 2003b; 2006.36 Pulisi 2006.37 Halbe, Steani & Banti 1977.38 Pulisi 2006.39 Levi & Laviosa 1979-80; Pulisi otcoin (b).40 La Rosa 1995, 535-7; Pulisi 2003a, 183-5, . 28; 2006.
groups of
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138 Dr Pg
3). Te ost obvious cane is te isaeaance
o Te 2 cus wit attene an ie is.
Clea ooloical canes a also be obseve
wit te Te 5 cus, wic ecease in size an
elace te ealie eiseical ole wit a
oe conical one (Fi. 3i).
Aon te ecoate ne vessels, te stait-sie an bell cus, wic ae ancoe in te
Mile Minoan taition, isaea coletel.
Te ost coon saes ae te oune cus
an bowls wit o witout anles. In aition, te
is eceive oe attention in tis ase. Tose on
te oune cus ae oe istinctl evete (Fi.
10a-c), wile bowls wit te sall ae is (Fi.
10e-) a outnube tose wit staite is,
wic wee still esent in LM IA Final contexts.41
As to te ecoative sntax, te eiste on te
lowe bo isaeas, wile te onocoevaiet (Fi. 10a) inceases in nube, eacin 30
% o te oune cus. Te ecoative eetoie
also aeas to be wie an oe stanaize tan
in te LM IA Final. Totoise-sell ile isaeas
coletel, wile veetal otis now outnube
etote an tanent sials. Man o tese otis
ae intouce o te st tie.
Wile ee an tenils ae lael abanone,
te oliate ban uneoes a colete enewal.
Te te wit a sinle ste is abanone in avou o a vesion wit a ouble ste (Fi. 10c, i). Tis
oti, wic is equent at Haia Tiaa,42 is not
oun at te conteoa sites in te Mesaa an
tus stans as a unique ake o LM IB otte
ouction at te site. Te steless vesion o te
oliate ban wit elonate leaves ointin to te
it (Fi. 10b) is oun soaicall o LM IA
Final an is also atteste in te DFV ase.
Te lil oti is as coon as te oliate ban
an aeas ost oten in te vesion wic we
ave calle “lil o Fance” ollowin te Italiantaition.43 Te lil an ultile wav bans occu
ost equentl on bowls, evealin a close link
wit tis sae. As wit te ouble ste oliate
ban, te lil oti is a coon oti at LM IB
Haia Tiaa but exteel ae at ote centes
o te Mesaa44 an cental Cete.45
Ote, oe soisticate veetal iezes occu
ael. Te inclue bus (Fi. 10e), oal anelle
stle wit oliate ban,46 an iis between estoons
(Fi. 10). Te iis between estoons was also
use on close saes at Haia Tiaa,47 but not
elsewee in te Mesaa, aeain wit a iitive
vesion o a atten wic will becoe coon in
te LM II asseblaes.48 In aition to sials, te
ote oula eoetic atten is ultile wavbans (Fi. 10). Tis atten, te steless oliate
ban wit elonate leaves ointin to te it,
an clockwise tanent sials eesent te ost
coon ou o otis o te LM IB otte
ouction in te Mesaa49, wile te ieze wit
ouble quiks occus oe ael. It is also wot
entionin te excetional cu sae (Fi. 10i)
wic cobines a clinical ue bo wit a
conical lowe bo (eseblin a ca inate ole),
wit a sta anle an a wie, at lee i. It is
ecoate wit a oliate ban usin a ouble ste,an te onl close aallel is an unublise iece
o te Complesso della Mazza di Breccia.50
Wit esect to LM IA Final, te canes
to te oolo o te ne close vessels ae
insinicant, wile ieences in ecoation
between te eios ae oe onounce. A
eneal ten is te silication o te sntactical
stuctue o ecoation; tis inclues abanonin
te aaneents wit tee eistes in avou
o just one on two, o lacin te ieze eel onte vessel suace witout an subivisions. Te
41 Fo bowls wit is tat ae alost inistinct o te vessel
wall, see Pulisi 2003a, 164, . 7, an 184, . 27 (LM IA
Initial).42 Halbe, Steani & Banti 1977, 46, . 14 (Villa); La Rosa
1992-3, 148, . 42 (Complesso della Mazza di Breccia); Pulisi
2003a, 164, . 6 (Casa dei Fichi ); 2006.43 See La Rosa 1979-80, 117, . 66a (Sounin VI, LM IB
DFV lae).44 Fo Koos, see Watous 1992, nos. 104, 1828; o Haia
Potini, O. Palio, es. co.45 Catlin, Catlin & St 1979, . 37, n. 255; Poa
1984, l. 123-4.46 Fo “oal anelle stle”, see Rutte 2006, 471-2; Rutte
in tis volue.47 Halbe, Steani & Banti 1977, 67, . 37.48 Nieeie 1985, 63-4, n. 8.49 Watous 1992; Van e Mootel 1997; La Rosa & Cucuzza
2001; Palio 2001a; 2001b; Rutte 2006; Rutte an Vallianou
in tis volue.50 Cucuzza, es. co.
finally replace
f the rounded cup
tal
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esin wit two lae sials, one on te ont an
te ote on te back o te vase, becoes ve
coon, wit seveal exales o te Villa51
an anote in te Palace o Paistos.52 Te sae
aaneent is visible on a ou o ne jus an
bie-soute jas wit te new LM IB vesiono ee (wit lae leaves tat ae oune on to)
wic occuies te entie suace o te vessel.
Te eetoie o otis on tese close vessels
eneall eeats te tens obseve on oen
saes. Paticula attention soul be ai to a
aenta close vessel o te Vano con Pilastro,
wic as in te lowe eiste te onl occuence
o a scale atten ocuente in LM IB DFV
contexts (Fi. 11). It is a slo vesion o te oti
wit ouble scales lle wit sall ots.Te analtical stu o te unublise LM IB
otte o bot La Rosa’s sounins an o
te eal Italian excavations as eitte te
ientication o 40 oe exales o SPT. Tis
ateial is aenta an coes iail o
unstatie contexts; oweve, it cons te
elativel sall nubes o tis ceaic class at
Haia Tiaa.
On te basis o eeences in Halbe’s anPaibeni’s notebooks, we can also assin a tall
alabaston (Fi. 12) an wat aeas to be a bie-
soute ja (Fi. 13) to te nal estuction lae
o te Villa. Bot aenta vessels ae ecoate
wit te sae vesion o oliate sa. Te oti is
caacteize b a ouble ste, soeties lle b
a ow o ots, outline b two ows o elonate
an cuve leaves. Te sace between tese vetical
sas is lle b eculia otis o wic te sta
wit otte as is te ost equent. Bot tesae an ecoation o tese vases n exact
aallels aon te sall nube o SPT vases
ecovee in te nal estuction eosits o te
Villa.53 Moeove, on te basis o a lae ou o
unstatie ses ecovee in bot te eal an
ecent excavations (Fi. 14), it is now ossible to
ienti tis sa as te ost equent SPT oti
in use at te site. Te oulait o tis aticula
vesion o SPT sa at Haia Tiaa stans out
even oe, wen one consies tat te sa oti
is otewise ae on Cetan SPT vases54 an tatnone o te ote instances coeson closel wit
tose o Haia Tiaa.
Anote SPT vase tat can be assine to LM IB
51 Halbe, Steani & Banti 1977, 113, s. 73-8.52 Penie & Banti 1951, 178, . 107b.53 Halbe, Steani & Banti 1977, 79, . 49; 94-5, . 60-254 Mülle 1997, 135-8; Nieeie 1985, 94, . 38.
Fi. 11. Faenta close vessel o
Vano con Pilastro (Ac. SAIA C/24100).
Fi. 13. Bie-soute ju HTR 0236 o Villa
(Ac. SAIA C/25889).
Fi. 12. Tall alabaston HTR 0238 o Villa (Ac. SAIA C/25637).
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DFV coes o te Vano con Pilastro (Fi. 10).
It is obabl a two-anle bowl ecoate wit
a clu o aus-waz on te bo. Tee ae
leaves ecoatin te i wile stas wit otteas aain ll te sace between otis on te ain
ieze. Tis vase as two ve close aallels o
Acanes55 an Knossos.56 On bot, oweve, we
can obseve ieences wit te Haia Tiaa
exale, aticulal in te absence o leaves on
te i an te stas wic o not ave ots at
te ens o te as. Tis llin oti occus once
aain on a sall two-anle bowl o Vano con
Pilastro (Fi. 10) wee it lls lozenes boee
b ous o tee aallel lines. Te ecuence
o tis llin oti an te excetional tecnicalcaacteistics o te vase suest tat it too soul
be lace in te SPT ou, altou its ecoation
is otewise unaallele.
Peculia stlistic an iconoaic eatues can
also be obseve aon te SPT vases ublise b
te st excavatos. Te tall alabaston C 3000 o
Roo 14 o te Villa,57 ecoate wit sacal iv,
as been coae wit an exale o Haia
Iini wit siila sae an ecoation.58 Soe o
te subsiia eleents, oweve, ae onl esent
on te vase o Haia Tiaa. Fist, tee is te
llin oti o stas wit otte as an te iezecobinin te ae oti, a ot ban an cuve
leaves on te neck. Tis coosition, altou
atteste soaicall in cental Cete an Ktea,59
is neve enee elsewee wit te sae stle as
on te vase o Haia Tiaa. Te one exact
aallel coes aain o Haia Tiaa – a beak-
soute ju o te Casa del Lebete 60 wit an
ientical ieze on its neck an a lae coosition
o ouble axes wit sacal knot on te bo an
stas wit otte as.
We a also assin te SPT vases o teMaakis oet (bot o Walls 1-3 an Tenc
55 Sakellaakis & Saouna-Sakellaakis 1997, 436, . 411.56 Hoo 1961-2, l. 2, 4; Hoo in tis volue.57 Halbe, Steani & Banti 1977, 94, . 60.58 Poa 1987.59 Mülle 1997, n. 166 (Knossos); Mountjo 2003, n. 189;
Colstea & Huxle 1972, e. Nu, n. 34, . 43.60 Halbe, Steani, Banti 1977, 262, . 175.
Fi. 14. Ses o eal excavations witout ovenance
(Ac. SAIA C/25998).
Fi. 15. Close vessel o Maakis oet
(Ac. SAIA C/72464).
Fi. 16. Close vessel HTR 1535 o Maakis
oet (Ac. SAIA C/38609)
usual , secondly,
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C/1 sectos) to LM IB DFV because it aeas
unlikel tat tis ceaic class, so closel associate
wit te alaces, woul ave eaine wiel in
use at te site ate te nal estuction o te Villa.
Wit te aition o tis evience o te
Maakis oet (Walls 1-3; Tenc C/1), te
ecoative eetoie o SPT at Haia Tiaatus inclues osette, ee, stas an ouble
axe, octous61 an acae. We aain obseve te
esence o stas wit otte as, wic aeas
to be a sinicant eatue. Te ae lace at te
cente o te sials on a ve aenta close
vessel ecoate wit te acae ou (Fi. 15), a
coosition tat is exteel ae in Cete.62 On
anote close vessel, te stas accoan a osette
(Fi. 16), wic is oe ii tan te exale
o Sounin VI.
In conclusion, te analsis o te evience ote ealie an oe ecent excavations at Haia
Tiaa aeas to ilit seveal eculiaities in
te SPT vases ciculatin at te site. Tese eatues
inclue bot te coice o otis (sa wit
ouble sinuous ste an occasional ll o ots an
lon, cuve leaves; stas wit otte as use as
a secona oti in oal o lozene iezes o
acae ou sials; an te ae oti) an te
stle. Tese ae eculiaities wic ae aticulal
sinicant, because te ovie ossible evienceo iniviual atisans o woksos. Te eein
ictue is not easil econcile wit te taitional
view tat one o oe Knossian woksos
ouce te SPT class o otte o all o Cete,
incluin te Mesaa63. Te altenative otesis,
sueste b te Haia Tiaa evience, is tat
tee wee eional centes o ouction, wose
eculiaities ae still icult to econize because
o te aenta natue o te available evience
an te ooeneit o iconoaic eetoie
use on te SPT oucts.Te otte kiln ecovee east o te
phylakeion is te laest et oun in Cete an a
clea inication tat Haia Tiaa was a cente
o otte ouction at least in LM IB. Potte
o tis ate was ecovee insie an aoun te
kiln, wee it was likel e. Aon tese ses
ae seveal vessel tes, wic aea equentl
at Haia Tiaa uin LM IB DFV, incluin
ne oen vessels ecoate wit oliate ban wit
ouble ste an ne close vessels, like bie-
soute jas an colla-necke jus, wit lae ais
o etote sials. Tese vases wee tus ouce
at te site.
We also n ae saes, like a aenta
ili ask an lae itoi wit incise wavbans (tis latte sae is also atteste b a waste).
Exact aallels o bot saes wee ecovee in
te Villa,64 suestin tat tee was a close link
between te ouction o te kiln an te neab
builin, wic ust ave a a ecisive ole in te
consution an istibution o its oucts.
A ute contibution to ou unestanin o
te sste o LM IB otte ouction at te site
is oee b a ou o neal 40 vessels coin
o te Vano con Pilastro. Tese consist o conical
cus o Tes 1, 3 an 5, oune cus, bowls,bie-soute jas an beak-soute jus, all o
wic sow te sae, excetionall low qualit o
tecnical, ooloical an ecoative eatues.
Te ecoation in aticula, as been ae b
two istinct aintes, neite o wo is caable
o awin wit a consistent line. As a esult, te
coositions an te otis tical o LM IB DFV
otte, suc as sials, ees, bus, cocuses, aea
so istote as to be alost uneconizable (Fi. 17).
Tis is not te lace to iscuss te atte in etail;oweve, I woul like to ilit te existence o
a wokso, obabl incluin beinnes o non-
secialists. Tis ou ouce an istibute
vases o a istinctl lowe stana tan te otte
usuall ciculatin at te site an ocuente b
te ses o te kiln.
Te en o LM IB at Haia
Tiaa: the status quaestionis
Tee is a wie a in te extant acaeoloical
evience o Haia Tiaa o te eio
61 Pulisi 2003a, 184, . 28.62 Mülle 1997, n. 41 (Zakos); Mountjo 2003, n. 243.63 Mülle 1997 wit biblioaical eeences.64 Halbe, Steani & Banti 1977, 46, . 15 (ili ask);
144, . 92 ( pithos).
sociation
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142 Dr Pg
between te nal estuction o te Villa an LM
IIIA1. It eains an oen question wete tis
a coesons to a eal eio o abanonent
at te site65 o is sil te esult o oo visibilit
in te acaeoloical eco. Two auents oe
suot o te latte inteetation. Te st estson te act tat ost o te statiaic levels
belonin to tese inteeiate ases (iail
in te Villaggio aea) wee eove uin te eal
excavations witout an notation in te notebooks.
No less iotant, te continuous eoccuation o
te site ouce ee alteations to ealie levels,
aticulal in te aea o te Villaggio.
Te LM IB DFV-LM IIIA1 a a be lle,
at least in at, i we accet te existence o LM
IB ateial ouce ate te nal estuction o
te Villa. Tee ae, in act, two ieent ouso ceaic contexts ecovee uin te new
excavations, wic eveal stlistic eatues tat ae
not consistent wit te LM IB DFV otte.66 In
te st ou, te ieences wit te LM IB
DFV otte ae liite to stlistic caacteistics
tat ae still oel LM IB, wile te secon
asseblae contains eatues wit links to LM II.
Teeoe, I ave istinuise te st ou as
“LM IB ost DFV” an te secon as “LM IB/II”,
tus akin exlicit eeence to te subsequent
ceaic ase.
Soe caution soul be obseve o te
beinnin because te aount o otte o
tese contexts is sall, an in soe cases testatia was istube b late activities at
te site. As a esult, te ientication o tese
ceaic ous as ossible LM IB ases wic
ost-ate te nal estuction o te Villa ust
be consiee, aticulal o LM IB ost DFV, a
wokin otesis in nee o utue tests.
LM IB stratied contexts which post-date the
Villa nal destruction
All te contexts wic I ave oose to assin toan LM IB stae late tan te nal estuction o
te Villa wee ecovee in 1985 uin sounins
ae in te aea o te Edicio Ovest .67 Tis
builin, bout to lit in 1911 an locate in
65 La Rosa 1997; D’Aata 1999.66 Pulisi 2003a.67 La Rosa 1990; 1997; Pulisi 2003a; 2006.
Fi. 17. Beake-
soute jus HTR
1169 an HTR
1179 o Vano con
Pilastro (Ac. SAIA
C/23569).
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te secto not o te Muraglione a Denti , aeas
to ave been insete between te Edicio Nord-
Ovest to te not an Roos x, , an z to te
sout. It was built toete wit te Edicio Nord-
Ovest an Megaron P as at o te onuental
acitectual colex wic in te secon LMIIIA2 ase o te settleent oe te not sie
o te Piazzale dell’Agorà.68
Te lan o teEdicio Ovest inclues a ectanula
cental oo (Fi. 18) tat is elonate on its
not-sout axis an anke b two ectanula
oos on te east sie an tee squae oos on
te west sie. Te st excavatos iscovee an
ole builin beneat Roos a, b, an c o te
Edicio Ovest. Tis builin, known as te Trivani ,
coises a sequence o tee squae oos wit
ave stone oos (a/1, b/1 an c/1) an as anot-sout oientation tat is slitl oset o
te late Edicio Ovest.
Te new sounins, wic wee oene ee
beneat te Edicio Ovest , ocuse on Roos a, b
an c an a naow tenc in Roo .
In te naow sectos between Roo a an Roo
a/1 an aain between Roo b an Roo b/1,
te st excavatos stoe at a level coesonin
to te base o te west wall o te Trivani . Renewal
o te excavations eitte te ientication o a
lowe lae ieiatel below an ca. 0.20 tick
wit a unio eosit o LM IB otte wit
an joins. Tis lae este on a stone level sloin
u to te not, une wic la a secue eosito LM IA Initial, wic obabl coesons to
te estuction lae o te neab Casa del Vassoio
Tripodato. Because o its osition above te stone
level an te lae nube o joins, te new LM IB
lae obabl eesents a ll o te levellin o
an ajacent aea. It is te sall eosit o otte
o tis lae tat we ae oosin to assin to
LM IB ost DFV.
Te 1985 excavations also extene into te
secto between te west boe o Roos c an c/1,
wee te sall size o te sace (about 0.20/0.30) i not allow wok to eac te eeest levels.
Te ue levels aain ovie a sall eosit o
otte, wic inclue neal 180 LM IB ses
an 15 tin LM IIIA intusions. Te LM IB otte
68 Fo te acitectue o te Piazzale dell’Agorà in te two
LM IIIA2 ases, see Cucuzza 2003, wit biblioaical
eeences.
Fi. 18. Sounins in te
aea o Edicio Ovest.
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o tis context exibite oe avance stlistic
eatues tan te otte oun in Sectos a-a/1 an
b-b/1 an teeoe coul be assine to LM IB/
II. Te stlistic ieence between te two ous
was also cone statiaicall because te
lae o Secto c-c/1 was not lace une te
Trivani , as in Roos a-a/1 an b-b/1, but covee
te builin. In act, te west wall o te Trivani in
tis secto went own ute tan in Roos a an
b, obabl ollowin te sloe o beock.
Te ost substantial context, wic I ooseto assin to te LM IB/II ou, coes o a
sounin caie out une te LM IIIA2 oo
level o Roo . Tis sace, wic coesons
to te assae between Roos b an , easue
oul 1.00-1.20 b 3.00 . Te context
ovie about 350 LM IB aents, wic wee
oun wit neal 30 LM IIIA ses (obabl
intusions) an neal 50 ses tat ae LM II
in stle. Because o te sall size o te aea, it
was aain icult to clai te exact elationsi
between te laes; oweve, te stlistic consistenc
o te LM IB ceaics, te equenc o te joins,
an te iscove o two well-eseve vases,
incluin a onocoe colla-necke ju (Fi.
22), all suest tat tis sounin eace at o
a wie estuction lae, te ue level o wic
was atiall eove wen te aea was levelle
o te constuction o te Edicio Ovest .
Distubances ae b te ounation tenceso te easten an westen walls o Roo wee
obabl liite, as obseve in Secto b-b/1; tis
is likel te eason o te sall nube o LM IIIA
intusions, wic coe onl o te ue levels
o te lae. Te esence o LM II ses, soe o
wic wee ecovee in te lowe levels, eains
oe icult to exlain.
Fi. 19: LM IB ost DFV otte o a-a/1 secto (:
a, SW 1; : a/a1 Est 2) an b-b/1 secto (a: b/b1 III 4;
b: b/b1 III 5; c: b/b1 II 8; : b/b1 II 9; e: b/b1 II 10;
: HTR 1114). Scale 1:3
a
b c
e
sectors
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The LM IB post DFV pottery
Wit onl 200 aents, te otte ou wic
I oose to assin to LM IB ost DFV eainste ost tenuous at o te site sequence. Due
to te liite quantit o evience, it is icult
to istinuis wete te stlistic ieences o
LM IB DFV ae ano enoena o coeson
to eal, sinicant tens o otte ouction.
Te isks o argumenta ex silentio ae, in an case,
liite b te etaile evience available o te
oe ase.
Fo te stanoint o tecnical caacteistics,
te canes alea obseve between LM IA anLM IB ceaics aea to incease, aticulal
o te ne oen vessels. Te walls o tese saes
becoe even tinne (wit a tickness u to
0.15/0.20 c), wile te vessel suaces exibit a
ie eee o vitication an te aint becoes
oe esistant.
Fo te stanoint o sae an ecoation
tee ae close coaisons wit te LM IB DFV
otte. Exales inclue te oune cus an
bowls wit etote sials (Fi. 19a), oliate bans
wit ouble ste, ultile wav lines, lilies (Fi.19), iises between estoons (Fi. 19e), o sile
onocoe ecoation. Te eate equenc
o iezes wit ouble quiks (Fi. 19c), unlinke
cente sials, an steless oliate bans wit
sall leaves incline to te let (Fi. 19b), coul
coeson to a ano event. Te sae a also
be tue o te isaeaance o steless oliate
bans wit leaves incline to te it.
A new ten, oweve, can be obseve wit
te tinnin o lowe bo bans on ne oen
vessels an te laceent o tese bans. Te aeno lone evenl sace as beoe in LM IB DFV,
but aea in ieent ous as on an in-an-out
bowl wee two bans ae lace just below te
ain ieze an a ti at te base (Fi. 19e). Tis
new aaneent anticiates te sntax, wic
is tical o LM II. Anote ne oen vessel,
obabl a cu (Fi. 19), sows seveal innovative
eatues tat istinuis it o LM IB DFV cus.
It as a sallow, lobula bo, a sote an oe
sal evete i tat is ecoate wit a iezeo oblique slases, an cobin scale atten above
a ai o tin bans. Anote coosition not
atteste in LM IB DFV, is visible on a bowl, wee
we n ais o iaonal lines outlinin tianles
(Fi. 20). Tis atten a be loosel eive o
te zi-za ieze tical o te Geoetic Stle o
te SPT ou.69
Te tall alabaston aeas to ave incease in
oulait as two aenta exales ae atteste
aon te otewise sall nube o ne close
vessels ecovee in te eosit. Te sae alsooccus o te st tie in vesions tat ae not
coaable wit te SPT ou an in contexts
tat ae not closel tie to te alatial see. Tis
ossible exansion o ous consuin tis sae
in LM IB ost DFV contexts is also obseve at
69 Betancout 1985, 147.
Fi. 20. Bowl HTR 1132 o b-b/1
secto (Ac. SAIA C/71378).
Fi. 21. Tall alabaston HTR 1023 o b-b/1 secto (Ac. SAIA
C/22983).
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146 Dr Pg
te Atisans’ Quate at Moclos,70 wic aain
eesents an avance stae o LM IB.
Te ecoation on tese tall alabasta is also
inteestin. On te st we n te ue eiste
wit ais o iaonal lines oin tianles,
tou now outline b ows o sall ots. In te
lowe eiste tee is a ieze o oizontal lilies
wit ultile staens siila to tose o te LM
70 Bana & Boan 2003, 58-60.
Fi. 22. LM IB/II otte o c-c/1 secto (a: c/c1 II 1; b: c/c1 II 2; : c/c1 I 6) an sounin in oo (c: I 2;
e: I 8; : I 15; : HTR 1083; : I 17; i: HTR 1085; l: HTR 1086; : I 11; n: HTR 1080; o: HTR 1087).Scale 1:3.
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IB DFV taition (Fi. 21). On te ote alabaston
(Fi. 19), te slo ieze eseve on te neck
coul coeson to a silie an oo vesion
o te atce loo atten, equentl oun on
squat Aeean jus, one o wic was also ecovee
at Haia Tiaa.71
We a also obseve te equenc o sials witunlinke centes an quiks on te sall sale o
bie-soute jas an jus. Tese occu twice in
te cental eiste, wit a wav ban in te lowe
zone (Fi. 19). Tis coosition is not atteste in
LM IB DFV.
In conclusion, a eneal eatue wic aeas
to istinuis te LM IB ost DFV otte o
tat o te evious ase is te eate vaiet o
otis. Te analsis o te scant available evience
ilits, in aticula, te equent use o scale
atten, ais o iaonal lines oin tianles,an seuo-atce loo atten, an all o tese
otis aea to eive o te silication o
istotion o te SPT taition. Tis ten, wic
is not atteste in LM IB DFV, sees to aea o
te st tie in LM IB ost DFV contexts, wee
we no lone n te SPT class.
The LM IB/II pottery
Te evience o tis ou is once aain scant – about 540 ses wic obabl belon to at least
150 vases. In tese contexts, oweve, te stlistic
canes o LM IB DFV otte ae oe evient
tan in te ou iscusse above.
Fo te stanoint o tecnical caacteistics,
I ave not etecte sinicant ieences between
tis ou an te LM IB ost DFV otte, wit
te excetion o te aeaance o a witis o
eenis ne abic wit a owe suace tat
oes not etain aint. Because exales o tis
aticula abic ae onl atteste as intusions, wecannot exclue te ossibilit tat tis abic is
late.
Ris on te oune cus an bowls now aea
wie an oe istinctl evete tan beoe.
Te vessels also ave a lowe cente o avit,
ivin te a sallowe sae an a oe oen
aeaance. It is also wot awin attention to te
two-anle bowls wic now occu in nubes
not seen ealie. A sinle se wit a wie lee
i an a sallow bo obabl eesents anote
unique bowl te in tis asseblae (Fi. 22k).
Te ecoation on te ne oen vessels inclues
a ou wic is still tie to te LM IB DFV stlistic
taition. Exales inclue onocoe oune
cus (Fi. 22a) an cus an bowls wit ultilewav lines (Fi. 22e), lilies (Fi. 22, j), a vaiet o
oliate bans wit sinle (Fi. 22i), ouble, o no
stes. Tese steless exales elo sall leaves
incline to te let (Fi. 22). Soe exales o
tis sae ou exibit stlistic eculiaities. On a
two-anle bowl (Fi. 22j), we n a tin, ouble
oll anle an a ieze o lae lilies on te bo,
bot unatteste elsewee at te site, wile te
inteio is ecoate wit a atten o wie cosses
tat wee tical o te in-an-out stle o LM IA.
In aition to tis ou, wic is close instle to te LM IB DFV taition, a secon ou
eveals eatues tat aea to o an inteeiate
tansition between LM IB an LM II. On tee
aenta oen vessels, we n a ieze wit
sile o ouble estoons tat ae enant o te
i (Fi. 22c), wile a out is ecoate wit a
ban o sall ots in te sae osition beneat te
i (Fi. 22b). Tese attens ae absent in te LM
IB DFV contexts, but ae atteste in te otte
o te u sout o te House o te SnakeTube at Koos.72 Tis eosit, wic J. Rutte
now assins to a ve late stae o LM IB tat is
ealie tan te LM II contexts in te Unexloe
Mansion at Knossos, also oes te ost sinicant
aallels o te LM IB/II otte at Haia Tiaa.73
We a also assin a aenta oune cu o
cu ton (Fis. 22 an 25a) to tis innovative
ou. It exibits an excetionall wie an
evete i an is ecoate wit a ieze in wic
te saces between etote sials ae lle wit
sinle estoons, eas a oeunne o te attenwit sials an ultile acs tat ae tical o LM
II otte.74 A new sial, witout aallels an
71 Halbe, Steani & Banti 1977, 261, . 172.72 Watous 1992, nos. 349, 353, 354, 356, 390; Rutte in tis
volue.73 Rutte in tis volue.74 Poa 1984, l. 168, nos. 107-9, 112.
squat
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148 Dr Pg
obabl eive o a oie etote te,
aeas on a bowl aent (Fi. 22). On bot
tese exales, te soa vessel suace an te
ak aint ein us o tecnical eatues tat ae
eculia to LM II otte. Anote bowl aent
caies a ii an stlize vesion o iv (Fi. 23)
tat as close aallels in te unstatie otteo te Unexloe Mansion.75 Finall, tee is a
bowl aent on wic te tical i ban as
been elace b a sequence o slases on to o
te i. Tis subsiia ecoation is not oun in
eite te LM IB DFV o te ost DFV vases, but
is seen on ateial o te u at Koos 76
an in te Atisans› Quate at Moclos.77 Anote
notewot subsiia eleent is eesente b
te slases on te anles o ne ecoate otte.
Tese slases ae not oun on te LM IB/II otte
o Haia Tiaa, wic establises anote linkwit te Koos u wee te aain ae
ae.78 In contast, suc slases ae coon on te
otte o te LM II levels in te Unexloe
Mansion at Knossos.79
Te sall nube o ne close vases also
exibits a ix o eatues, soe o wic ollow
te evious LM IB taition, wile otes aain
aea to be innovations lookin aea to te
next ase. In te consevative ou, tee ae
nueous exales wit unlinke cente sialsan ouble quik iezes. Anote is ecoate wit
an iessive ouble oliate ban on te ue
soule an a lowe ieze o iis between estoons
(Fi. 24). Te vases in te innovative ou ae
ecoate wit scale atten, wic occus in bot
sile an ouble vesions, wile an excetional
aent, obabl o a ju, caies a ieze wit
ouble estoons an enent owes (Fi. 25b).
Tis oti is cleal eive o te cocus an
estoons atten o te SPT eetoie.80 Finall,
a ne ainte se, wic obabl coes oa stiu ja, a inicate te eate equenc
o tis sae (wic was eesente b coase
exales in te LM IB DFV contexts).
Te conoloical elationsi between te LM
IB/II evience escibe above an te LM II ses
o tese sae contexts will obabl eain
unclea. Te LM II otte o tese contexts,
wic is cuentl une stu b A. L. D›Aata,
inclues bot oblets an blob-cus. So a te onl
ublise secien is a oblet (HTR 1080; Fi.
22l),81 wic is ecoate wit a ieze o sials
an estoons, eculia to tis sae. Te ossibilit
tat te LM II ses ae containations intouce
uin LM IIIA2 cannot be exclue; oweve, it
soul be note tat LM IIIA containations aeatteste onl in te ue levels, wile te LM II
aents ae onl oun in te lowe levels. It tus
aeas ossible tat tese LM II ses wee in use
at te sae tie as te eainin LM IB/II otte.
Tis secon ossibilit also ns suot o te
ecent iscove o blob-cus at ote Cetan LM
IB contexts (Moclos82 an Calaa83). One soul
also not oet tat LM II stle oblets ave been
oun wit otte tat is otewise LM IB in stle
at Knossos,84 Kea 85 an Ktea.86
Final eaks
Ou unestanin o te stlistic an conoloical
eveloents o LM IB otte at Haia Tiaa
eains colex an unnise. Tee ae,
oweve, inications o te site an o
coaisons wit te evience o ote Cetan
sites tat oess is bein ae. Fo now I woul
suaize tese esults wit te ollowin oints:Te last eat LM I builin ase o te Villa
an Villaggio at Haia Tiaa took lace at a tie
coesonin oul to te Tean volcanic
eution at te en o LM IA/beinnin o LM
75 Poa 1984, l. 123 a.76 Watous 1992, nos. 352, 383.77 Bana & Boan 2003, . 10, IB 241.78 Watous 1992; Rutte in tis volue79 Poa 1984. Te sae eatue is atteste also in LM IB
contexts o Knossos: see Waen an Hoo in tis volue.80 Betancout 1985, 136, . 108.81 La Rosa 1997, 252, . 1.82 Bana & Boan 2003, 46, IB.206, . 6; IB.214 e, IB.218,
. 8.83 Palio 2001a, 301, n. 414, s. 39 e, 51 e.84 Unexloe Mansion, Sout Coio eosit: Poa
1984, . 158, l. 124; Hatzaki in tis volue.85 Cue & Scoel 1984.86 Colstea & Huxle 1972; Boobank, Kiiatzi & Rutte
2005.
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IB. Te otte o Haia Tiaa sows ston
links to te ealie LM IA taition, wit a ew
excetions tat anticiate LM IB stles.
Te nal estuction o te Villa aeas to take
lace uin a stae o LM IB tat is ealie tan
te estuction atteste at te Calaa Quate inPaistos an te Atisans’ Quate at Moclos. At
bot o tese sites, we n ceaic eleents, like
iezes wit stlize vesions o SPT otis an
blob-cus, wic ae not atteste in te LM IB
DFV contexts at Haia Tiaa, an tis absence is
unlikel to be acciental.
Te obable existence o LM IB contexts
late tan te nal estuction o te Villa, suc
as te estuction o te Calaa Quate an o
te Atisans’ Quate at Moclos, eesent a clue
in avou o te existence o a siila LM IB ostDFV stae at Haia Tiaa.
Finall, soe otte contexts o Haia Tiaa
an ote Cetan sites (LM IB nal estuction
laes in te Villas at Tlissos an Niou Cani
an te u sout o te House o te Snake
Tube at Koos)87 contain vases tat ae LM IB in
stle sie-b-sie wit otes tat cleal anticiate
LM II. Tese contexts ave ceaic evience tat
aeas to be even late tan LM IB ost DFV an
tus o a tansitional stae just beoe te LM II
contexts o te Unexloe Mansion at Knossos.
Te new evience esente in tis wokso
will suel ovie bot conation an
callenes to te oteses tat ave eviouslbeen oose o te eio. Alea tee is clea
evience o te nee to elo oe ioous
inteetive aoaces tat stu ooeneous
contexts an lace easis not onl on sinle
vessel tes but consie te total ane o stlistic
eleents tat caacteize te context. In suc a
wa, conoloical saes wic ave easil elue
te taitional conoloical cateoies oose
b Evans becoe oe evient an a contibute
oe eectivel to ou unestanin o te entie
LM IB eio, as oose to just one oint at teen o te Secon Palace Peio.
87 Fo Tlissos, Hatziakis 1912; o Niou Cani, Xantouiis
; o Koos, Watous 1992, an Rutte in tis volue;
o LM IB otte contexts o Knossos wit ve late
stlistic eatues, see Hoo an Waen in tis volue.* I
Fi. 23. Bowl (?) aent
o sounin in oo
(Ac. SAIA C/22978)
Fi. 24. Close vessel HTR 1077 o sounin in oo (Ac. SAIA C/22974).
Fi. 25. Faents o sounin in oo (Ac.
SAIA C/71432).a b
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