Lucilla Barresi

Excavations at Francavilla Marittima 1991-2004, I, Matt-painted Pottery from the Timpone Della Motta: Volume 2, the Cross-hatched Bands Style (Bar International) Lucilla Barresi

This 2nd volume of the Oenotrian matt-painted pottery found during the excavations at Francavilla Marittima (Calabria) in the sanctuary on top of the Timpone della Motta and in the dwellings lower down the hill presents a decorative tradition labelled the ?Cross-hatching Bands Style?. An earlier BAR volume (S2423) treated the ?Undulating Bands Style? and further BAR volumes on the ?Fringes?, ?Miniature? and ?Red-and-Black? Styles will hopefully follow). The books reflect the views of Prof. Douwe Yntema, in that matt-painted ceramics indicate one of the major starting points for investigations into the native societies of southern Italy and should merit closer study.