The Decoration and Firing of Ancient Greek Pottery: A Review of Recent Investigations

The wealth and diversity of decoration on Greek pottery continues to attract science-based attention. availability increasingly powerful analytical techniques has allowed the nature be investigated in ever-finer detail, down nano-particle level. Such work gone hand with replication experiments ranging from sourcing raw materials experimental firing. As a result, there is fuller understanding many material other factors controlling quality range painted or coloured decorations, most notably black gloss, seen best effect Black Red Figure–style vases Attic potters-painters sixth fourth centuries BC. Light also been shed manner which few these craftspeople adapted established give special effects. Reviewing progress made firing several classes as well ceramics, such terracotta figurines, this paper places information into context two ways. On one hand, it covers corresponding evidence for Neolithic Bronze Age chart diachronically craft's technological development. considers recent archaeological ceramic production.