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The new material documents that the entire area outside the cave and along the coast as well as higher than the beach zone was occupied at least during the 6th millennium BC. The pottery confirms that local potters improved upon their firing skills, achieving very high temperatures and using raw materials which obtained lustrous effect on the container surface, without necessarily burnishing intensely (Urfirnis wares). Close, sherd-by-sherd observation reveals that shared decorative motifs and their general tendency to polychromy was expressed with unique variability. A characteristic pattern is the \u201cbrushstrokes\u201d where the paintbrush becomes deliberately visible and creates intentional variation in pigment coloration and shades. Eventually, each vessel constitutes a unique combination of colors, tonalities, and decorative elements. The aesthetic and technical principles of the Urfirnis pottery influence the decorative themes of other vessels produced with more conventional slips in different regions. This influence extends as far as central and western Greece, as well as the Aegean, offering a vivid example of how Neolithic techniques and \u201cimagies\u201d travelled and were transformed across space.<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u201d1\/4\u2033][vc_single_image image=\u201d734\u2033 img_size=\u201dmedium\u201d][vc_single_image image=\u201d733\u2033 img_size=\u201dmedium\u201d][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u201d1\/3\u2033][vc_single_image image=\u201d97\u2033 img_size=\u201dmedium\u201d][vc_single_image image=\u201d96\u2033 img_size=\u201dmedium\u201d][\/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid element_width=\u201d2\u2033 initial_loading_animation=\u201dnone\u201d grid_id=\u201dvc_gid:1769379628929-2189b24b-3ce1-9\u2033 include=\u201d94,749,98,95,748,744\u2033][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=\u201ds2-project-read-more\u201d][vc_column width=\u201d1\/2\u2033][vc_column_text]2025,\u00a0<\/em>S. Katsarou,\u00a0Cave excavations and their contribution to understanding Greek prehistory,<\/a>\u00a0Half a Century of Cave Protection and Research. Symposium Dedicated to the Memory of Evangelia Protonotariou-Deilaki, Athens, Epigraphic Museum, 9 October 2025<\/em>\u00a0(Organizer: Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology).\u00a0<\/em>[in Greek]<\/span><\/p>\n 2025, S. Katsarou, R\u00e4tselhafte H\u00f6hlen in Griechenland. Wechselwirkungen zwischen Kultur und Natur als Herausforderungen der H\u00f6hlenarch\u00e4ologie,<\/a>\u00a0Antike Welt <\/em>2, \u03c3\u03b5\u03bb. 49-55.<\/p>\n 2021, S. Katsarou, E. Psathi, Re-reading the Francnthi Cave on the occasion of improvement works of the prehistoric space.<\/a> In: Proceedings of the<\/em> 9th<\/em> International Congress of Peloponnesian Studies (<\/em>Nafplion, October 30-November 2, 2015),<\/em> vol. A, pp. 175-192. Athens. <\/span>Society for Peloponnesian Studies. Peloponnesiaka-Appendix 33<\/span>. <\/em><\/span>[in Greek]<\/span><\/p>\n 2015, S. Katsarou, E. Psathi, Re-reading the Franchthi Cave: back to the study of the Neolithic Potter,<\/a> 9th International Congress of Peloponnesian Studies, Nafplion, Trianon Hall, 30 October -2 November 2015 (Organizer: Society for Peloponnesian Studies).<\/em> [in Greek]<\/span><\/p>\n 2009, S. Katsarou, Colorful images of the Greek Neolithic,<\/a> Theoretical Archaeology Group-USA<\/em> 2009,<\/em> Stanford, CA, 1-3 May 2009<\/em>:<\/em> The Color of Things: Debating the Role and Future of Color in Archaeology (<\/em>Organizer: <\/em>A. Nagel, University of Michigan)<\/em>. Oral text uploaded at www.academia.edu<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\u201d1042\u2033 img_size=\u201dfull\u201d alignment=\u201dcenter\u201d][\/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column width=\u201d5\/12\u2033][vc_column_text]Recent ceramic finds from the Franchthi cave in the eastern Peloponnese, unearthed during the enhancement project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-pagebuilder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n