Χειροποίητα ανθρωπόμορφα ειδώλια της αρχαϊκής περιόδου από την Αίγινα
Part of : Αρχαιολογικά ανάλεκτα εξ Αθηνών ; Vol.40-41, 2007, pages 155-168
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Handmade anthropomorphic figurines of the archaic period from Aigina
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Σύμμεικτα
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The anthropomorphic figurines from Aigina, most of them from the sanctuary of Aphaia, date from the Archaic period. The date is based on stylistic criteria and also on comparison with similar items from the rest of Greece. They may be divided into figurines from Aiginetan and those from Peloponnesian workshops: female figures with pierced ears and a polos on their head from Aigina, seated flat-bodied and standing small-scale female figures from the north-east Peloponnese. The local examples are modelled from the same, reddish coarse fabric with inclusions which is found on Aigina. The workmanship is rough, confined to basic forms and summary proportions, and there are no traces of decoration. The figurines from the north-east Peloponnese consist of well-known types that are frequently found at Corinth, Perachora and Argos.The local handmade figurines should be interpreted as an attempt by the Aiginetans to respond to the considerable needs of the sanctuary - mainly of Aphaia - with simple, cheap dedications during the Archaic period. Along with the imported examples, whether handmade or not, the number of which found on the island is much larger than that of the local examples of handmade figurines, the Aiginetan figurine-makers also sold cheap, local dedications to pilgrims to the sanctuary. We are certainly not dealing with systematic, constant production, however, but with manufacturing for a limited period, designed to meet the great demand at the time when the sanctuary of Aphaia was at its most flourishing.
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