North Aegean ‘Waveline’ Pottery

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The excavations of Georgios Bakalakis and Dimitris Lazaridis at the Sanctuary of Parthenos at ancient Neapolis (Kavala) brought to light an important number of north Aegean ‘Waveline’ pottery fragments. Most of them belong to hydrias, followed by lekanai/lekanides, oinochoai/jugs, table amphoras, and stamnoid pyxides, or kraters, decorated with wavy lines, S-curves, and horizontal bands. Their chronological horizon covers the turn from the sixth to the fifth century bce. The importance of the Parthenos material lies in the fact that ‘Waveline’ pottery appears to have been used in ritual feasts that took place in the sanctuary.