The Transport Amphorae from a Semi-Subterranean Structure in Trench 27/89D

The university excavations at Karabournaki have brought to light a very important settlement with an obviously commercial character. At the so-called semi-subterranean beehive structures, a prevalent position among other types of “fine” pottery is held by transport amphorae originating from various production centers of the ancient Greek world. In particular the semi-subterranean structure in trench 27/89D contained fragments of transport amphorae from the workshops of Chios, Samos, Attica and Corinth dated to the second half of the 7th or early 6th century BC. Their contents must have been intended either for local consumption or for delivery to settlements in the hinterland, since those settlements could not have easily established direct commercial links to the production sites.