Presented by Lilian Dogiama
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In this paper I will present the preliminary results of my study of the chipped stone assemblage from the Early Neolithic site of Revenia Korinou, in Northern Pieria (6th-5th millennium BCE).
Revenia is a flat-extended settlement with semi-subterranean structures and 86 large pits with evidence of preferential deposition of material. Some of its unique features are the five human burials within the structures, strikingly reminiscent of Neolithic practices in the Near East and Anatolia, and its enormous shell midden deposits, whose size is not the norm for Greek Neolithic sites.
The chipped stone assemblage is equally interesting. The people of Revenia had access to high-quality raw materials that ‘travelled’ a long way to reach them. Most notable among them are obsidian, chocolate and honey flint. These exotica are represented in great numbers within the assemblage and demonstrate strong connections and established networks that are quite unusual for sites of such an early date. In the case of obsidian we know that its circulation during prehistory was never widespread in northern Greece and when it does occur, it is always in minute amounts. In this respect Revenia seems to be a unique case study that could perhaps alter our perceptions on Neolithic networks.