Pottery production at Tell es-Safi/Gath: a Longue Durée perspective |
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Authors: | David Ben-Shlomo Joe Uziel Aren M. Maeir |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Physics of Complex Systems, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;bThe Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91904, Israel;cThe Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, 26 Salah ad-Din Street, Jerusalem 91190, Israel;dThe Institute of Archaeology, The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel |
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Abstract: | The development of pottery production during the Bronze and Iron Ages at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel, is examined based on the analysis of 224 pottery vessels representing most periods within this ca. 1700 years time frame. The main tools employed were visual examination of manufacturing techniques and petrographic thin section analysis, all of which was conducted on the entire group. This was combined with a chronological, functional, typological, and cultural characterization of the samples. The results indicate a tendency of a diachronic shift from the use of calcareous-based clays to non-calcareous clays, from the Bronze Age towards the late Iron Age, although the primary shaping techniques do not change. Intentional tempering, when relevant, is mostly type- or function-dependent. It is suggested that this trend, possibly evident at other sites in the southern Levant as well, may be related to the employment of higher firing temperatures by the potters. This phenomenon may also be related to the decrease in the relative amount of decorated pottery that is seen during the late Iron Age. |
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Keywords: | Israel Iron age Philistia Bronze age Canaanite Pottery production Petrographic analysis Fabric groups Shaping and finishing techniques Wheel technology |
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