Pottery in the Archaeological Collection of the German Archaeological Institute, Athens from the 1901 Excavation by Wilhelm Dörpfeld on the Acropolis of Ancient Leukas

Abstract

Pottery found in Wilhelm Dörpfeld’s 1901 excavation on the acropolis of ancient Leukas includes vessels of pre- and post-colonial periods (Mycenaean, 8th- and 7th-century, and Middle Byzantine) otherwise little known in the city. Geometric-Archaic material produced in northwest Greece shows evidence of Lakonian and Corinthian influence: Corinthian, Ithacesian, and Thessalian imports are also present. Middle Byzantine pottery includes imports from south Italy. In this article, I present a catalogue of the sherds kept in the archaeological collection of the DAI in Athens and discuss the wider significance of the site and the connections represented.