Akrotiri

Excavation at Akrotiri.
The albeit limited presence of Neolithic pottery at Akrotiri and in the prehistoric cemetery in the quarry near Fira, bears witness to…

Photograph of the excavation.

Marble figurine, early Cycladic III period (2800-2700 BC). Plastiras type.

Marble figurine, early Cycladic III period (2800-2700 BC). Pre-canonical type.

Vases ot NE Aegean provenance, with their characteristic black or brown burnished surface, constitute a special class of pottery, known in the Cyclades as the…

Early Middle Cycladic period (20-19th century BC), found in a cemetery.
The overwhelming majority (about 85%) of the clay vessels at Akrotiri were produced…

Early Late Cycladic I period (17th century BC).
The ceramic art of Thera, both vase-making and vase-painting, was inventive and creative. Its development is…

Pair of firedogs with zoomorphic finials, mature Late Cycladic I period (17th century BC).
It is estimated that barely 3% of the prehistoric city has been…

Lead balance weights, mature Late Cycladic I period (17th century BC).
The unit of length or area that was probably used ln the prehistoric city at Akrotiri…

Clay tablets with Lonear A script, mature Late Cycladic I period (17th century BC).
The potters’ marks signs incised on vases as a kind of signature appeared…

Pithoi with motifs "labeling" their contents, mature Late Cycladic I period (17th century BC).
The standardization ot shapes and decoration on clay vessels…

Bridge-spouted jars with standardized decoration, mature Late Cycladic I period (17th century BC).

Conical rhyton (funnel), mature Late Cycladic I period (17th century BC).

Ritual vessel, mature Late Cycladic I period (17th century BC).

Kimbe with dolphins and ibexes, mature Late Cycladic I period (17th century BC).