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ΙΝΚΟΡΟΝΑΤΑ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΜΠΑΣΙΛΙΚΑΤΑ
An ancient center near the town, set on a small, elongated hill overlooking
the river Basento. The settlement, isolated on every side, may be reached only
from the E where it looks out over the sea. It is 6 km from the center of the
Greek colony of Metapontion and W of the line of defense of the Achaean colony.
The site is defended not only by its precipitous position but by an
irregular stone and earthen agger (ca. 1 m wide). Within the fortification line,
on a level stretch that slopes gently upward to the E, are traces of dwellings,
rectangular or circular, with plinths of irregular sandstone rocks coming from
the Basento river. Scattered here and there throughout the area, they are built
of clay mixed with straw and ash and reinforced with tree trunks and branches.
Inside the dwellings, Greek pottery mingled with local ware was found. The oldest
vases are the proto-Corinthian bulging aryballoi and the pyre-shaped vases with
friezes of running dogs. This series of small proto-Corinthian vases is associated
with the series in gray clay. The larger vases are represented by locally produced
amphorae and by black, painted amphorae, probably imported, and by a series of
double-handled Chian orientalizing vases. These have geometric decorations in
imitation of the insular and Rhodian techniques. The local ware comprises large
decorated vases or imported lapygean ware mingled with large dishes, small sacrificial
bowls, and urn-shaped amphorae. The total array of extant pottery suggests coexistence
between Greeks and native peoples, beginning in the second half of the 8th c.
B.C.
In the lowest levels of the site are ceramic fragments dating to the
last years of the Bronze Age or perhaps of the Apennine culture. Even though the
levels are often mixed because of a succession of buildings, this much has become
clear in the chronology which extends until the end of the 7th c. B.C. Thus far,
no other evidence has been found prior to this period. Some vases show traces
of graffiti, among the oldest known to date in the area of Metapontion.
The archaic Greek pottery discovered in this site antedates, in very
large part, the finds thus far made in the lowest levels at Metapontion. Everything
gives the impression of a site which predates the founding of Metapontion, and
which was abandoned toward the end of the 7th c. B.C. Antiochos of Syracuse (Strab.
6.1.15) speaks of another site which existed in the area of Metapontion but which
was abandoned before Metapontion was founded. Perhaps his words should be reconsidered
in this context.
D. Adamesteanu, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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