Why Painted Pottery Disappeared at the End of the Second Millennium BCE
The pottery of Palestine at the close of the second millennium BCE is notoriously ugly. Yet the quality of the ceramic repertoire did rebound. Did the same Late Bronze Age potters who produced the heavy wares with cracked bases relearn their craft somehow? Did the innovations emerge from within or e...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholars Press
1995
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1995, Volume: 58, Issue: 4, Pages: 214-222 |
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| Summary: | The pottery of Palestine at the close of the second millennium BCE is notoriously ugly. Yet the quality of the ceramic repertoire did rebound. Did the same Late Bronze Age potters who produced the heavy wares with cracked bases relearn their craft somehow? Did the innovations emerge from within or enter from outside the society? A study of how a vessel is made and its clays selected and treated is vital in any consideration of pots and peoples. Ceramic technology permits a move beneath the shape of the rim or the decoration of the surface. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210497 |