Towards an archaeology of everyday life in British Ionian Islands: the cultural itineraries of the Kythera Gin Bottles

Figures & data

Fig 1 (a) A map showing the location of kythera island in Southern aegean. (b) The United States of Ionian Islands in a period map.

The left side of the image shows a map where the location of Kythera is annotated. Kythera showed inside a white box, between the mainland of Greece and the island of Crete. The right side show a nineteenth century map with all Ionian islands are annotated with red coloured stroke.

Fig 2 (a) The British stone bridge at Katouni. (b) The bridge at Potamos. (c) The school at Milapidea. (d) The school at Agios Theodoros.

This is a figure that shows four major building projects from the British period at Kythera. The top left shows a stone built bridge at Katouni. The top right shows the stone built bridge at Potamos. The lower left shows the stone built school at Milapidea, which today lays in ruins. The lower right, shows the renovated school at Agios Theodoros; the image shows the school open for a local festival, with people outside its doors.

Fig 3 A map with all survey locations of APKAS at the Northern part of kythera island.

This image shows a map of the northern half of Kythera, with all the areas of APKAS project annotated. The survey zones in the central and northern part of the island where Gin bottles were recovered are visible around the localities of Vythoulas, Aroniadika and more.

Fig 4 A photo and an illustration of one of the blankenheym & nolet stoneware bottles.

This image shows a photo of a stoneware gin bottle that has a stamp of the Blankenheym & Nolet distillery, based on Amsterdam Netherlands. The right side of the image shows an illustration of the same bottle.

Fig 5 The gin bottle from DU 7028.

This image shows a photo of the rim and handle of a gin bottle fragment discovered at DU 7058. The right side of the image shows an illustration of the same fragment.

Fig 6 (a) Gin bottle still in use by the locals with the stamp from OUDE GENEVER/FROSIT/S. VAN DIJK AZN./AMSTERDAM. (b) A bottle collected from a local from the fields and currently in display at a Kytherian House.

The figure shows two whole stoneware gin bottles that are still in use/dispay at local houses in Kythera. The left bottle is in a really good condition and presented the stamp of OUDE GENEVER/FROSIT/S. VAN DIJK AZN./AMSTERDAM. The bottle at the right of the image has been collected from the fields, and it is not in perfect condition.

Fig 7 (a) A graph showing how the bottle owners that have been surveyed by the Finds Stories team, have acquired their bottles. (b) Reasons for the bottles being kept by the locals today. Each box corresponds to one participant.

The figure shows two graphs that demonstrated the results of the Finds Stories surveys to local owners of stoneware gin bottles. The graphs demonstrate the results in colour boxes, where each box corresponds to one participant in the survey. The graph at the top demonstrates ownership with most of participants claim that have got their bottles through heirloom. The bottom graph, shows reasons for the bottles being still in use with most of the participants claiming that they are using the bottles for decorative purposes.