{"product_id":"9781407310220","title":"Excavations at Francavilla Marittima 1991-2004: Matt-Painted Pottery from the Timpone della Motta. Volume 1: The Undulating Bands Styl","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis publication is the first volume of what is intended to be a series of publications on the archaeology of the Timpone della Motta, a hill of 280m asl at Francavilla Marittima (Calabria, southern Italy) where the Groningen Institute of Archaeology has carried out a series of excavations between 1963 and 1969. Among the excavations, the 'acropolis' site has revealed the remains of an Oenotrian-Italic sanctuary dating from circa 800-730BC. This sanctuary contained among other features an apsidal timber building with a courtyard and altar, and a large room used for textile production. Significant among the Early Iron Age ceramics is the characteristic Italic\/Oenotrian-Geometric production of matt-painted pottery that existed in Calabria, Basilicata and Campania. The Oenotrian pottery workshops of Francavilla-Lagaria were very much part of this Geometric, matt-painted tradition. From the pottery from the Timpone della Motta and the tombs of the Macchiabate necropolis at Francavilla Marittima a distinctive, local, Middle Geometric decorative style emerges, one mainly based on painted undulating bands as decorative elements, which were named the 'Undulating Band Style'. The style continued in a modified form during the Late Geometric period and is the specific subject of this volume in the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"British Archaeological Reports","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040945651952,"sku":"9781407310220","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781407310220_p0.jpg?v=1763718231","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781407310220","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}