A pilot project was carried out to assess the frequency of surviving fingerprints on Early Minoan pottery and to assess the quality of the prints. Two pottery assemblages, from the Ayia Kyriaki tholos and Myrtos Fournou Korifi settlement, were examined. Almost fifty sherds/vessels (out of nearly 20,000) were found to carry a total of 154 prints, but the majority were of poor quality. Of the thirty clear prints, however, fourteen had five or more ridge characteristics, including one example with as many as twelve. It is suggested that kiln assemblages might yield both more and better preserved prints. /// Ένα πιλοτικό πρόγραμμα διεξήχθη, με σκοπό να εκτιμηθεί η συχνότητα των διατηρουμένων δακτυλικών αποτυπωμάτων πάνω στην Πρωτομινωική κεραμεική, καθώς και η ποιότητά τους. Εξετάσθηκαν δύο κεραμεικά σύνολα, ένα από τον θολωτό τάφο της Αγίας Κυριακής και ένα από τον οικσμό στην Φούρνου Κορυφή Μύρτου. Σχεδόν 50 θραύσματα/αγγεία (από σύνολο περίπου 20.000) διαπιστώθηκε ότι έφεραν 154 αποτυπώματα, η πλειονότητα των οποίων ήταν χαμηλής ποιότητας. Εν τούτοις, από τα τριάντα σαφή αποτυπώματα, δέκα τέσσερα είχαν πέντε ή περισσότερες χαρακτηριστικές ακμές, περιλαμβανομένου και ενός δείγματος με δώδεκα. Προτείνεται ότι κεραμεικά σύνολα από κλιβάνους ενδέχεται να αποδώσουν περισσότερα και καλύτερα διατηρούμενα δακτυλικά αποτυπώματα.
The major objective of the publications programme of the British School at Athens is to publish work by those conducting research using its facilities. The Annual therefore includes articles of short to medium length on a wide variety of topics concerned with Hellenic culture and its interconnections with other communities. All material is peer-reviewed and the Publications Board includes nationally and internationally recognised experts in relevant fields. The thrust of the work of the School has been work on the major sites of Knossos and Sparta, together with the broader areas of Crete, Lakonia, Euboia and the Cyclades, while work of researchers, especially in the School Library and the Fitch Laboratory, covers a broad field indeed. Every volume is indexed.
The Annual is published by the British School at Athens, whose is to promote the study of Hellenic Studies in all their aspects, covering all periods from the Palaeolithic to the present. As a research institute, its principal emphasis remains empirical studies that shed light on the prehistoric, Classical and medieval past and present condition of Greek lands. These studies therefore include the anthropology, archaeology, archaeometry, art, architecture, environment, epigraphy, geography, geomorphology, history, language, literature, religion and topography of Greece and Cyprus. The School's secondary mission is to promote research more generally into the prehistoric, ancient and medieval Mediterranean.
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