Marthari, M. 2017. Aspects of pictorialism and symbolism in the Early Bronze Age Cyclades: a “frying pan” with longboat depiction from the new excavations at Chalandriani in Syros. By Marisa Marthari

https://www.academia.edu/32366556/Marthari_M_2017_Aspects_of_pictorialism_and_symbolism_in_the_Early_Bronze_Age_Cyclades_a_frying_pan_with_longboat_depiction_from_the_new_excavations_at_Chalandriani_in_Syros A “frying pan” of some interest (Syros Museum 1163), since it depicts a longboat, was found in a rescue excavation conducted under the direction of the author in the Roussos field at Chalandriani in Syros in 2002-2008. The field lies in the West Sector of the Early Cycladic Chalandriani cemetery. The excavation revealed 28 undisturbed graves of the corbelled type with grave goods more or less similar to those from Tsountas’s excavations, and distinguished by their variety and wealth. The new find (from Grave VII), besides enlarging the corpus of known depictions of longboats on ‘frying pans’, provides an opportunity, because of its well-documented contexts, to better understand certain aspects of these intriguing objects and the EBA II Chalandriani society they reflect. ...