OL Zh I: QVOVSQVE TANDEM?

In this chapter, contained within the archaeological report on the site of Kafkania in the northwestern Peloponnese, Palaima critiques the hypothesis that the "Kafkania pebble" can be dated to the Middle Helladic period (c. 2000-1500 B.C.) and thus predates the earliest known Linear B tablets. He begins with a formal description of the object, enumerates its difficulties, and considers alternative possibilities for its provenance, most conspicuously that it may be a forgery.