TY - JOUR
T1 - Mortaria as a foreign element in the material culture of the Southern Levant during the 8th-7th centuries BCE
AU - Zukerman, Alexander
AU - Ben-Shlomo, David
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - The article examines an Iron Age II B-C ceramic form, the mortarium bowl, which is usually acknowledged as an imported type, but is not yet fully integrated into the study of east Mediterranean trade during this period. Several mortaria are examined by Thin Section Petrographic Analysis, and the previous studies of Iron Age II and Persian period mortaria are reviewed in light of its results. It is argued that Cyprus was the main production centre of mortaria imported to the southern Levant and discusses the significance of these vessels within the framework of late Iron Age eastern Mediterranean international trade.
AB - The article examines an Iron Age II B-C ceramic form, the mortarium bowl, which is usually acknowledged as an imported type, but is not yet fully integrated into the study of east Mediterranean trade during this period. Several mortaria are examined by Thin Section Petrographic Analysis, and the previous studies of Iron Age II and Persian period mortaria are reviewed in light of its results. It is argued that Cyprus was the main production centre of mortaria imported to the southern Levant and discusses the significance of these vessels within the framework of late Iron Age eastern Mediterranean international trade.
KW - Cyprus
KW - Eastern mediterranean trade
KW - Iron age ceramics
KW - Mortaria
KW - Southern Levant
KW - Thin section petrographic analysis
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U2 - 10.1179/003103211X12971861557197
DO - 10.1179/003103211X12971861557197
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AN - SCOPUS:79960332098
SN - 0031-0328
VL - 143
SP - 87
EP - 105
JO - Palestine Exploration Quarterly
JF - Palestine Exploration Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -