Last use and abandonment of the Cistern No. 1 ergasterion at Thorikos : finds from the lowest levels of the cistern’s fill
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- Roald Docter (UGent) , Kim Van Liefferinge, Floris van den Eijnde, Cornelis Stal (UGent) , Sophie Mortier, Winfred van de Put and Sophie Duchène
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- Abstract
- This contribution focusses on the finds related to the last use and abandonment of Cistern No. 1 and found in its lowest layers during the excavation campaigns of 2011 and mainly 2012. The cistern, partially hewn in the bedrock and partially constructed with massive ashlars, belonged to a silver working ergasterion that included the newly discovered ore washery W13 and that drew its ores from Mine No. 2. With a calculated capacity of 209.6 m3, it forms the largest cistern in Thorikos. The ergasterion, which on the basis of finds in foundation layers to the south wall of the cistern probably came into existence in the late 5th century BCE, remained in operation (perhaps with a hiatus after the Peloponnesian War) until it was abandoned in the Early Hellenistic period, ca. 325-275 BCE. After having fallen in disuse as a metallurgical cistern and after a process of filling in with mudbrick debris, disintegrated cistern lining and erosion material from around the cistern, the remaining part of the cistern was still able to contain some water. At some point in the Late Hellenistic period (2nd/1st century BCE) a limited activity is to be seen around the cistern: a visitor or inhabitant of Thorikos dropped a water jar in the cistern and a fragment of a brown-glazed lagynos (?) dated to the first quarter of the 2nd century BCE found its way into the fill. This process of micro-events can be traced in the archaeological record of successive filling layers. The upper layers of this fill were mixed with Late Antique/Early Byzantine pottery and mill stone fragments suggesting some new activities around the cistern and Mine No. 2.
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- Late Classical, Hellenistic, Late Antiquity, Early Byzantine, Workshop, Silver, Metallurgy, Ceramics, Household Pottery, Stone Tools, Roof Tiles, Water Management
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8697324
- MLA
- Docter, Roald, et al. “Last Use and Abandonment of the Cistern No. 1 Ergasterion at Thorikos : Finds from the Lowest Levels of the Cistern’s Fill.” Laurion : Interdisciplinary Approaches to an Ancient Greek Mining Landscape : Including Selected Papers Presented at the International Conference “Ari and the Laurion from Prehistoric to Modern Times,” edited by Frank Hulek et al., vol. 50, Verlag Marie Leidorf, 2023, pp. 187–204.
- APA
- Docter, R., Van Liefferinge, K., van den Eijnde, F., Stal, C., Mortier, S., van de Put, W., & Duchène, S. (2023). Last use and abandonment of the Cistern No. 1 ergasterion at Thorikos : finds from the lowest levels of the cistern’s fill. In F. Hulek, H. Lohmann, S. Nomicos, & A. Hauptmann (Eds.), Laurion : interdisciplinary approaches to an ancient Greek mining landscape : including selected papers presented at the international conference “Ari and the Laurion from prehistoric to modern times” (Vol. 50, pp. 187–204). Bochum: Verlag Marie Leidorf.
- Chicago author-date
- Docter, Roald, Kim Van Liefferinge, Floris van den Eijnde, Cornelis Stal, Sophie Mortier, Winfred van de Put, and Sophie Duchène. 2023. “Last Use and Abandonment of the Cistern No. 1 Ergasterion at Thorikos : Finds from the Lowest Levels of the Cistern’s Fill.” In Laurion : Interdisciplinary Approaches to an Ancient Greek Mining Landscape : Including Selected Papers Presented at the International Conference “Ari and the Laurion from Prehistoric to Modern Times,” edited by Frank Hulek, Hans Lohmann, Sophia Nomicos, and Andreas Hauptmann, 50:187–204. Bochum: Verlag Marie Leidorf.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Docter, Roald, Kim Van Liefferinge, Floris van den Eijnde, Cornelis Stal, Sophie Mortier, Winfred van de Put, and Sophie Duchène. 2023. “Last Use and Abandonment of the Cistern No. 1 Ergasterion at Thorikos : Finds from the Lowest Levels of the Cistern’s Fill.” In Laurion : Interdisciplinary Approaches to an Ancient Greek Mining Landscape : Including Selected Papers Presented at the International Conference “Ari and the Laurion from Prehistoric to Modern Times,” ed by. Frank Hulek, Hans Lohmann, Sophia Nomicos, and Andreas Hauptmann, 50:187–204. Bochum: Verlag Marie Leidorf.
- Vancouver
- 1.Docter R, Van Liefferinge K, van den Eijnde F, Stal C, Mortier S, van de Put W, et al. Last use and abandonment of the Cistern No. 1 ergasterion at Thorikos : finds from the lowest levels of the cistern’s fill. In: Hulek F, Lohmann H, Nomicos S, Hauptmann A, editors. Laurion : interdisciplinary approaches to an ancient Greek mining landscape : including selected papers presented at the international conference “Ari and the Laurion from prehistoric to modern times.” Bochum: Verlag Marie Leidorf; 2023. p. 187–204.
- IEEE
- [1]R. Docter et al., “Last use and abandonment of the Cistern No. 1 ergasterion at Thorikos : finds from the lowest levels of the cistern’s fill,” in Laurion : interdisciplinary approaches to an ancient Greek mining landscape : including selected papers presented at the international conference “Ari and the Laurion from prehistoric to modern times,” Bochum, 2023, vol. 50, pp. 187–204.
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abstract = {{This contribution focusses on the finds related to the last use and abandonment of Cistern No. 1 and found in its lowest layers during the excavation campaigns of 2011 and mainly 2012. The cistern, partially hewn in the bedrock and partially constructed with massive ashlars, belonged to a silver working ergasterion that included the newly discovered ore washery W13 and that drew its ores from Mine No. 2. With a calculated capacity of 209.6 m3, it forms the largest cistern in Thorikos. The ergasterion, which on the basis of finds in foundation layers to the south wall of the cistern probably came into existence in the late 5th century BCE, remained in operation (perhaps with a hiatus after the Peloponnesian War) until it was abandoned in the Early Hellenistic period, ca. 325-275 BCE. After having fallen in disuse as a metallurgical cistern and after a process of filling in with mudbrick debris, disintegrated cistern lining and erosion material from around the cistern, the remaining part of the cistern was still able to contain some water. At some point in the Late Hellenistic period (2nd/1st century BCE) a limited activity is to be seen around the cistern: a visitor or inhabitant of Thorikos dropped a water jar in the cistern and a fragment of a brown-glazed lagynos (?) dated to the first quarter of the 2nd century BCE found its way into the fill. This process of micro-events can be traced in the archaeological record of successive filling layers. The upper layers of this fill were mixed with Late Antique/Early Byzantine pottery and mill stone fragments suggesting some new activities around the cistern and Mine No. 2.}},
author = {{Docter, Roald and Van Liefferinge, Kim and van den Eijnde, Floris and Stal, Cornelis and Mortier, Sophie and van de Put, Winfred and Duchène, Sophie}},
booktitle = {{Laurion : interdisciplinary approaches to an ancient Greek mining landscape : including selected papers presented at the international conference 'Ari and the Laurion from prehistoric to modern times'}},
editor = {{Hulek, Frank and Lohmann, Hans and Nomicos, Sophia and Hauptmann, Andreas}},
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keywords = {{Late Classical,Hellenistic,Late Antiquity,Early Byzantine,Workshop,Silver,Metallurgy,Ceramics,Household Pottery,Stone Tools,Roof Tiles,Water Management}},
language = {{eng}},
location = {{Bochum}},
pages = {{187--204}},
publisher = {{Verlag Marie Leidorf}},
title = {{Last use and abandonment of the Cistern No. 1 ergasterion at Thorikos : finds from the lowest levels of the cistern’s fill}},
volume = {{50}},
year = {{2023}},
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