306: Excavations at Chauchitza
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | 1936 Exhibition Collection |
| Reference No. | 1936/2/2/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 55.9 x 73.7 cm |
| Scope and Content | Card base with six black and white photographs attached, labelled underneath with the pasted letters b, a, c-f. The number 306 is pasted in the lower left corner. "Chauchitza" is written in ink on a piece of paper that has been pasted in the centre of the upper edge. Each image has next to it a later annotation in pencil giving a bibliographic reference. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Excavations at Chauchitza, near Lake Doiran in Macedonia: a stratified settlement of the Bronze Age, with Early Iron Age grace on its slopes [Photographed by S. Casson.] a. Bronze Age pottery showing Anatolian influence. b. Iron Age bowl with painted geometrical decoration. c. Iron Age jugs showing survival of Bronze Age forms. d. Bead, gold mouthplate, and bronze amulet, from an Iron Age grave. e. Cist grave built of slabs, in the Early Iron Age cemetery. f. Drinking-cup of typical Iron Age form. g. The Iron Age cemetery, with the settlement mound behind. h. A Bronze Age house floor with store-jars (pithoi) in place." Items g and h described under 306 are actually on item 307 (1936/02/02/07) below. |
| Notes | In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Prehistoric Thessaly and Macedon" |
| Related records |
[1936/2/2/6/1], Sub-item, 306b: Iron Age Bowl
[1936/2/2/6/2], Sub-item, 306a: Bronze Age Pottery [1936/2/2/6/3], Sub-item, 306c: Iron Age Jugs [1936/2/2/6/4], Sub-item, 306d: Bead, Gold Mouthplate, and Bronze Amulet [1936/2/2/6/5], Sub-item, 306e: Cist Grave [1936/2/2/6/6], Sub-item, 306f: Drinking-Cup [BSA SPHS/1/6841.C6850], View of the work of W.S. George as shown at the 1936 exhibition at Burlington House, London: 339 and 340. The Acropolis of Athens, 341. Fresco of a Young Armed Warrior (Acropolis Museum), 342. Head of Seti I, in soft limestone, once coloured. XIXth dynast, 1936 |