CHARLOTTE LANGOHR, EMANUELLA ALBERTI The Neopalatial Pottery from the Pi Area at Malia: A Preliminary Examination Charlotte Langohr, Post-doctoral Fellow F.R.S.-FNRS (UCLou- vain-INCAL-CEMA- AegIS) Emanuella Alberti, Department of History and Management of Cultural Heritage, University of Udine, Italy THIS PAPER IS A FOLLOW-UP of the contribution by Thibaut Gomrée and Maia Po- madère at the 11th International Cretological Congress and presents a preliminary analysis of the Neopalatial pottery collected within the Pi Area at Malia, during the five excavation campaigns. Two study seasons have been conducted up to now, mostly focusing on the pottery found in the south-west part of the building. As underlined by Gomrée and Pomadère, the stratigraphical and architectural study of the Neopalatial building allows us to recognize five Neopalatial phases of oc- cupation, rebuilding, destruction or reoccupation 1 . This gives a preliminary frame- work for the definition of the ceramic sequence of this quarter of Malia. For the time being, the general features of the pottery associated with these contexts sug- gest a typical LM IA production and consumption horizon for most of these phas- es. The sole exception is for Pi Neopalatial phase I, represented by a clear MM III destruction deposit discovered in Space 24. The Neopalatial ceramic sequence available for Malia today is the one sug- gested by Olivier Pelon for Quartier Epsilon, excavated in the sixties 2 . In this large building, he was able to identify three architectural and stratigraphical phases cor- responding to the Neopalatial occupation of this area. Phase II, associated with the MM III period (and perhaps particularly the MM IIIB phase as shown by the pottery from the levels 8 and 7), Phase IIIA, linked to LM IA, and Phase IIIB, re- lated to LM IB and later material. Since then, this sequence has been reconsidered in the light of the excavations carried out in the North-East area of the Palace, at the Abords Nord-Est (ANE). 1. GOMRéE AND POMADèRE 2012: this volume. 2. PELON 1970: esp. 7.