Abstract
A study of pithoi production technology at the Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri, Israel, utilized experimental and analytical methods. Pithoi from two phases of the palace were produced using local alluvial raw material, by coil/slab technique, and finished on a slow wheel. Firing at c. 600°C for a short duration seems to be related to the potters’ knowledge of the limitations of the raw material used, further indicating no significant environmental effect despite growing palatial demand. Differences in pithos rims, sizes and contexts may relate to various consumption patterns in the earlier and later phases of activity at the palace.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 32-51 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Levant |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 Jan 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018, © Council for British Research in the Levant 2018.
Funding
This research was conducted with the support of an ISF grant no. 910/15 to A.Y-L. and R.S-G., ‘Understanding Collapse: The Destruction of the Tel Kabri Palace’. We thank J. J. Gottlieb, conservator at the Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa, for vessel restoration and production of thin sections and S. Shalev for helping with X-Ray radiography. We thank Alexandra Ratzlaff, Field Director of the Tel Kabri project (Brandeis University, Boston University), for help during and after the season for the location of the material used in this study. Lastly we thank the helpful comments of the Editor and two anonymous reviewers. This research was conducted with the support of an ISF grant no. 910/15 to A.Y-L. and R.S-G., ?Understanding Collapse: The Destruction of the Tel Kabri Palace?. We thank J. J. Gottlieb, conservator at the Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa, for vessel restoration and production of thin sections and S. Shalev for helping with X-Ray radiography. We thank Alexandra Ratzlaff, Field Director of the Tel Kabri project (Brandeis University, Boston University), for help during and after the season for the location of the material used in this study. Lastly we thank the helpful comments of the Editor and two anonymous reviewers.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Alexandra Ratzlaff | |
| Boston University | |
| Brandeis University | |
| Israel Science Foundation | 910/15 |
| University of Haifa |
Keywords
- Middle Bronze Age
- Tel Kabri
- ceramic technology
- experimental archaeology
- petrography and FTIR analyses