KAREN D. VITELLI is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Chairperson, Graduate Program in Classical Archaeology at Indiana University.

• Foreword (T.W. Jacobsen)PrefaceIntroductionPart I Theory and MethodsChapter One: The Ceramic Classification/Introduction/Rationale and Procedures/Ceramic Production at Franchthi/TerminologyChapter Two: The Characterization AnalysesChapter Three: The Ceramic Phasing/Procedures/The Ceramic Phases/The Ceramic Subphases/The BoundariesPart II Excavation Contexts: FCP 7 and FCP 2Chapter Four: IntroductionChapter Five: Ceramic Interphase 0/1 (Int 0/1)/Definition/Contexts/Summary: The Beginnings of Pottery Use at FranchthiChapter Six: Franchthi Ceramic Phase 1 (FCP 1)/Definition/Contexts/Summary: The Nature of FCP 1 OccupationChapter Seven: Franchthi Ceramic Phase 2 (FCP 2)/General IntroductionChapter Eight: Ceramic Interphase 1/2 (Int 1/2)/Definition/Contexts/Summary of Int 1/2 ContextsChapter Nine: Ceramic Subphase 2.1 (FCP 2.1)/Definition/Contexts/Summary of FCP 2.1 ContextsChapter Ten: Ceramic Subphase 2.2 (FCP 2.2)/Definition/Contexts/Summary of FCP 2.2 ContextsChapter Eleven: Ceramic Subphase 2.3 (FCP 2.3)/Definition/Contexts/Summary of FCP 2.3 ContextsChapter Twelve: Ceramic Subphase 2.4 (FCP 2.4)/Definition/Contexts/Summary of FCP 2.4 ContextsChapter Thirteen: Ceramic Subphase 2.5 (FCP 2.5)/Definition/Contexts/Summary of FCP 2.5 ContextsChapter Fourteen: The FCP 2/FCP 3 BoundaryPart III The PotteryChapter Fifteen: Introduction to the Pottery AnalysisChapter Sixteen: FCP 1 Lime Ware/Introduction/Calcareous Class: Lime WareChapter Seventeen: FCP 1 Sandy Ware/Noncalcareous Class: Sandy WareChapter Eighteen: FCP 1 Minor Wares/Noncalcareous Class: Andesite Ware/Calcareous Class: Ungritted Ware/Calcareous Class: Serpentine WareChapter Nineteen: FCP 2 Lime Ware/Introduction to the Pottery of Int 1/2 and FCP 2/Calcareous Class: Lime WareChapter Twenty: FCP 2 Sandy Ware/Noncalcareous Class: Sandy WareChapter Twenty-one: Int 1/2 and FCP 2 Minor Wares/Noncalcareous Class: Andesite Ware/Calcareous Class: Ungritted Ware/Calcareous Class: Serpentine Ware/Calcareous Class: White WareChapter Twenty-two: Introduction to Int 1/2 and FCP 2 Urf Ware/Calcareous Calss: Urf WareChapter Twenty-three: Int 1/2 Urf WareChapter Twenty-four: FCP 2.1 Urf WareChapter Twenty-five: FCP 2.2 Urf WareChapter Twenty-six: Early Urf VarietiesChapter Twenty-seven: FCP 2.3 Urf WareChapter Twenty-eight: FCP 2.4 Urf WareChapter Twenty-nine: Late Urf VarietiesChapter Thirty: FCP 2.5 Urf WareChapter Thirty-one: Coarse Urf: Building Procedures and Vessel Function/Coarse Urf Bottomless Vessels/Coarse Urf Gouged BowlsChapter Thirty-two: Urf Decorative Styles/The Patterned Urf Sample/The Nature of the Patterned Urf Style/The Decorative Style of Pattern-Burnished UrfChapter Thirty-three: Urf Firing Practices and Technological DevelopmentPart IV From Potsherds to People: The Implications of the AnalysesChapter Thirty-four: The Location and Scale of Production/The Location of Pottery Production/The Scale of Pottery ProductionChapter Thrity-five: Pots, Potters, and Neolithic Society/Cooking Pots/Pots and Cooking/Pots for Purposes Other than Cooking/Pots as Symbols/Specialist Potters/Potters as Shamans?/Pots as Markers of Social ChangeDocumentsDocument 1: Frequency TablesDocument 2: Pottery JoinsDocument 3: Phasing within TrenchesReferencesIndexTablesPlansFiguresPlates