Consumption of figured pottery in Metapontum and its chora is mainly associated with funerary areas and sanctuaries. However, while much attention has been paid to the second half of the 5th and the early 4th century, the evidence concerning the following decades has largely been ignored. Recently excavated funerary contexts, together with the re-examination of contexts for which descriptions were never published, add new evidence. The occurrence of vases from workshops such as those of the Tarporley, the Long Overfalls Group, the Ilioupersis workshop and to the Circle of the Darius and Underworld Painters confirm the continuity of its use for the entire 4th century BC and set in a different framework the already underlined progressive transformation of the Metapontine tradition with the adoption of schemes, themes, shapes and stylistic elements normally perceived as Apulian.
The tombs of Metaponto
Francesca Silvestrelli
In corso di stampa
Abstract
Consumption of figured pottery in Metapontum and its chora is mainly associated with funerary areas and sanctuaries. However, while much attention has been paid to the second half of the 5th and the early 4th century, the evidence concerning the following decades has largely been ignored. Recently excavated funerary contexts, together with the re-examination of contexts for which descriptions were never published, add new evidence. The occurrence of vases from workshops such as those of the Tarporley, the Long Overfalls Group, the Ilioupersis workshop and to the Circle of the Darius and Underworld Painters confirm the continuity of its use for the entire 4th century BC and set in a different framework the already underlined progressive transformation of the Metapontine tradition with the adoption of schemes, themes, shapes and stylistic elements normally perceived as Apulian.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
