THE PROVENANCE AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF BRONZE AGE AND IRON AGE POTTERY FROM TELL MISHRIFEH/QATNA (SYRIA)

THE PROVENANCE AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF BRONZE AGE AND IRON AGE POTTERY FROM TELL MISHRIFEH/QATNA (SYRIA)

This work deals with the archaeometric study of the Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery from Tell Mishrifeh/Qatna (central‐western Syria), where the complete cycle of ceramic production is well documented. Petrographic, chemical and diffractometric analyses were carried out on both potsherds and a claye...

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Published in:Archaeometry Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 723 - 744
Main Authors: MARITAN, L., MAZZOLI, C., MICHIELIN, V., BONACOSSI, D. MORANDI, LUCIANI, M., MOLIN, G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-11-2005
Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects:
BRONZE AGE
IRON AGE
Metal industry
Methodology and general studies
POTTERY
Prehistory and protohistory
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
PROVENANCE
QATNA
SYRIA
TELL MISHRIFEH
Typology, technology and attribute analysis
Iron Age
Bronze Age
Asia
Syria
Study
Finds
Chemical analysis
Technology
Tell
Materials
Production
well
Labour
Ceramics
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Summary:This work deals with the archaeometric study of the Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery from Tell Mishrifeh/Qatna (central‐western Syria), where the complete cycle of ceramic production is well documented. Petrographic, chemical and diffractometric analyses were carried out on both potsherds and a clayey material found in a separation basin within the area of the workshops. Petrographic groups were defined and maximum firing temperatures and redox firing conditions were estimated, providing constraints on identifying the production technology and its evolution with time. The studied potsherds turned out to be locally produced, with only a few cases of possible similarities with those described for other localities along the Orontes Valley, and in a couple of cases with evidence of pottery exchange.
Bibliography:istex:C21ED3D0BE5F8A1F865876A31135A16DAF97D646
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ArticleID:ARCM229
ISSN:0003-813X
1475-4754
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00229.x