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Birch-bark tar at Neolithic Makriyalos, Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dushka Urem-Kotsou,
Ben Stern,
Carl Heron and
Kostas Kotsakis
Dushka Urem-Kotsou
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Aristotle University, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece
Ben Stern
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford BD7 1DP, England
Carl Heron
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford BD7 1DP, England
Kostas Kotsakis
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Aristotle University, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece
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The authors discuss the first evidence for the use of birch-bark tar on Late Neolithic pottery from Greece. This appears to have been used for two different purposes, to seal a fracture and to line the interior walls. The authors also discuss other possible uses.

Keywords

MakriyalosGreeceLate Neolithicbirch-bark targas chromatography-mass spectrometry

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Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 294 , December 2002, pp. 962 - 967
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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