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Archaeology & Anthropology 2018
Global Journal of Research and Review
ISSN: 2393-8854
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October 01-02, 2018
London, UK
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Edition of international Conference on
Archaeology and
Anthropology
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he report presents a version on the goal of an ancient Greek
stirrup jar. Stirrup jar is the feature of Mycenaean Greece
and so far its precise application has not been known. Most
versions assume that the goal of a stirrup jar was an identity
recognition. As usually presumed, these vases were used for
storing traditional for Hellenic Greece foodstuffs, first of all olive
oil. This assumption is also confirmed by the content of small
sizes of such vases that were later manufactured in the region.
However when Mycenaean civilization flourished marketing
value could not be so important. Firstly, it is necessary to search
and find a practical value of such events. The report contains
the following version - Mycenaean Greece was more livestock
region than Hellenic Greece with its crop specialization. Also,
livestock specialization of the region could be assumed by
its cult features. It is presumed that region main export items
frequently consisted of livestock products. For example, nutria
fat as most valuable product for North Africa region. Moreover,
nutria fat could be kept for a long period of transportation. The
report describes a stirrup jar as the vessel that is fits for storing
andusingnutria fat. Indirect proof that the regionwas specialized
in livestock was shifting livestock production from Greece to
the south parts, i.e. in Judea, by the end of Mycenaean period
when the climate had been cooled. Storage of the nutria fat in
stirrup jars can be easily explained from the practical view point
and so it is highly probable that stirrup jar was manufactured
for keeping foodstuffs. The presented version apparently is
required additional proofs but search of practical purposes of
manufacturing these vases can help to understand daily life and
logistic of ancient people.
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Pavel Petrovich Brazhnikov graduated from two universities, technical and
economic. He worked at senior positions in various fields: the nuclear indus-
try, consulting, agriculture. Now he is the director of Scientific Academy for
Research of Social and Psychological Systems. He has publishedmore than
10 papers in reputed journals. The main field of scientific interests is the
theory of systems and its application in various industries.
br@zhnikov.comThe version of the stirrup-vase destination
Pavel Petrovich Brazhnikov
Scientific Academy for Research of Social and Psychological Systems, Russia
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