Ancient Cookware from the Levant - An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective - Gloria London
3. Modern Data Sources: Government Reports, Early Visitors and Ehtnoarchaeology
Ancient Cookware from the Levant - An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective - Gloria London
Gloria London [+]
Independent Scholar
Description
Craft specialists worked full time seasonally during the dry months in a small number of villages, Kornos, Ayios Dimitrios, Kaminaria, and Fini. They sold regionally to the foothills and western coastal strip. The traditional, multi-dimensional industry included private potters working in their courtyards, members of a Cooperative who worked in a space reserved for the industry, and itinerant potters. The latter were both pitharades and Kornos potters traveling with families. Despite proximity to the coastal towns and the capital city, Kornos potters continued to manufacture traditional pots and no tourist pieces by the end of 20th century. In the Troodos Mountain communities, tourist items geared towards visitors who came for the refreshing cool summer air or to enjoy the winter snow formed a larger part of the late 20th century products than in Kornos.