Pots, People, and Politics: A Reconsideration of the Role of Ceramics in Reconstructions of the Iron Age Northern Levant

by Matthew R. Whincop

This study aims to reconsider current reconstructions of the Iron Age Northern Levant and the role that ceramics studies have played in these interpretations. The author presents a regional ceramic typology for the Iron Age (including the Persian period) and undertakes an analysis of the distribution patterns of this typology across the Northern Levant. An alternative interpretation of the ceramic data is offered, before being compared with the conventional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407303848
• ISBN13: 9781407303840
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.3" x 11.7"