Vivere ad Akragas in età alto-ellenistica : evidenze dalla "città bassa"

This paper focuses on the Hellenistic pottery from House VIIA in Akragas, in the recently discovered residential area in the south-eastern part of the settlement, just north of the Hill of the Temples. The excavations by the Parco Archeologico della Valle dei Templi unearthed a stenopos flanked by residential blocks. The last phase of occupation of this residential area dates to the 4th-3rd century BCE. In particular, House VIIA yielded a large amount of pottery which casts new light on the last occupation and final abandonment of this household. House VIIA represents a remarkable case-study for the extensive investigation of the Early Hellenistic material culture of Akragas, until the mid-3rd century B.C.E. This paper thus deals with the following aspects: a) the archaeological excavations of the household; b) overview of the Early Hellenistic pottery and preliminary insight on its domestic functions; c) Akragas in the early Hellenistic period: material culture and transformations of the urban landscape.