Ports of Trade, Al Mina and Geometric Greek Pottery in the Levant [Paperback]

Al Mina, at the mouth of the Orontes, some 75 km SW of Chatal H??, has long dominated Greek-Levantine discussions in the Geometric Period (c. 1000-700 BC); the site was the first to reveal an abundance of Greek pottery generally, and still is the findspot of the greatest quantity of Greek Geometric pottery in the Levant - about 1500 sherds. In this volume, the author undertakes an analysis and review of this `Greek emporion', taking as her main topics for discussion - Al Mina as a `port of trade', the evidence for Greek residence on the site, Greek geometric pottery in the Levant, and Geometric pottery in Greek-Levantine trade.The site of Al Mina on the Levantine coast has been characterised in many different ways but, in this study, Joanna Luke reveals its true identity as a thriving `port of trade'. She focuses in particular on the finds of Greek Geometric pottery found at the site, evidence which, in the past, has been used to suggest Al Mina was a Greek colony.