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The Medieval Deposit from the Northeast Gateway at the Palace of Nestor
- Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Volume 82, Number 4, October-December 2013
- pp. 673-731
- 10.2972/hesperia.82.4.0673
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Abstract:
In 1958 and 1959 Marion Rawson explored medieval remains in the area of the Northeast Gateway in the Early Mycenaean fortifications at the Palace of Nestor. A substantial number of cooking pots, glass vessels, tiles, a small amount of glazed wares, and a few miscellaneous objects dating to the late 12th or early 13th century were associated with a small, poorly preserved building that had a paved floor and was once covered by a tile roof. The authors fully publish the finds here, while also considering their date and significance in light of a review of medieval patterns of settlement in the southwestern Peloponnese. Chemical analyses of glazes and colorants are presented in an appendix.