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Portieri, een Hellenistische site in de voetheuvels van de Sibaritide (Calabrië, Italië)

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Portieri, a Hellenistic site in the foothills of the Sibaritide (Calabria, Italy). In the October 2004 campaign of the Raganello Archaeological Project (RAP) of the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (GIA), a survey team headed by the first author located the remains of a Hellenistic site in the foothills of the Sibaritide plain in northern Calabria (Italy). The size and nature of the artifact scatter that was mapped suggested a different type of site than the subsistence farms known so far from previous surveys. Study of the amphorae suggests that the storage of wine played a prominent role on the site. It is concluded that either we are dealing with a site that specialized in vini-culture and produced for the market of the Greek town of Thourioi, located in the plain at a distance of 20 km, or with a public facility where wine could be consumed on the premises, as many fragments of drinking cups were found whereas domestic pottery and loomweights were almost absent. In this paper both the survey itself and the study of the amphorae are discussed.

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2006-12-15

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