Koukonisi Pottery
The director of the excavations Dr. Chr. Boulotis believed that Mycenaeans benefitted from the island for navigation, and established trading and/or operational bases on Koukonisi, ever since the first Mycenaean pottery was collected during surface surveys all over the Koukonisi islet. Especially the presence of numerous terracotta zoomorphic and anthropomorphic Mycenaean figurines signaled the existence of a permanent installation.
In Trench 6A, Trench 9, and in a trial trench (5×5 m) opened at a lower level, at the west of the prehistoric settlement (Sector Γ) numerous Mycenaean style sherds and broken vases were discovered. The majority of them belonged to open, decorated drinking vessels, deep bowls, cups, and kraters. Closed vessels such as large stirrup jars, on the other hand, were ideal for storage and transportation of liquids, such as wine and oil.
Images of the pottery samples you will browse through in this exhibit were found during the excavations of the prehistoric settlement called Koukonisi. This site is located on the Aegean island of Lemnos. Click here to read more about this settlement.