The Aegean Sea played a role in the Neolithisation of the Balkans that both restricted and facilitated the spread of people and their ideas through the area, but the routes of these transmissions are, as yet, poorly defined. To attempt to reveal how these processes occurred, this presentation will provide an overview of the similarities between Neolithic sites in Anatolia and Greece through the systematic analysis of stylistic and technological attributes of ceramic assemblages. In addition, petrographic analyses in the area will be drawn upon to demonstrate how Neolithic sites positioned themselves within the landscape, with regards to ceramic raw material procurement; information which ultimately will improve our understanding of the movement of Neolithic communities both on the local, and the interregional scale.
Communities, Landscapes, and Interaction in Neolithic Greece
International conference 29-30 May 2015
