Die Handgemachte Geglattete Keramik Mykenischer Zeitstellung (Tiryns XV)

English description: The volume Tiryns XV is dedicated to the publication and analysis of Late Mycenaean Handmade Burnished Ware from the excavations between 1976 and 1983 in the Lower Citadel of Tiryns. Based on the hitherto largest complex of this kind of pottery from Greece the excavator, Klaus Kilian, presents novel insights into the range of shapes and decoration techniques as well as into the changes which can be observed over time. The comprehensive discussion of the derivation...
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English description: The volume Tiryns XV is dedicated to the publication and analysis of Late Mycenaean Handmade Burnished Ware from the excavations between 1976 and 1983 in the Lower Citadel of Tiryns. Based on the hitherto largest complex of this kind of pottery from Greece the excavator, Klaus Kilian, presents novel insights into the range of shapes and decoration techniques as well as into the changes which can be observed over time. The comprehensive discussion of the derivation of Handmade Burnished Ware leads to the conclusion that it is above all linked to traditions originating in the Apennine peninsula, and it is argued that its appearance should be explained as the reflection of the presence of foreigners from this region. Since the evidence from Tiryns clearly shows, that Handmade Burnished Ware was introduced many decades prior to the final destruction of the palace, its users cannot possibly have been responsible for this event. German description: Die Veroffentlichung eines nachgelassenen Werkes von Klaus Kilian stellt die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit einer Keramikgattung, der in Fragen von Bevolkerungsbewegungen in der spatmykenischen Zeit grosse Bedeutung beigemessen wurde, auf eine neue Grundlage. Die umfassende Bearbeitung der zahlreichen Beispiele der handgemachten geglatteten Keramik aus Tiryns fuhrt zu der Erkenntnis, dass ihre Herstellung wohl tatsachlich auf fremden Topfereitraditionen beruht, die sich vor allem mit der Apenninenhalbinsel in Verbindung bringen lassen. Diese Traditionen freilich waren schon vor der Zerstorung der mykenischen Palaste in der Argolis wirksam und durfen damit nicht als Anzeichen der Ankunft von Neuankommlingen am Beginn der Nachpalastzeit gewertet werden.