An Archaeometric Study of Early Bronze Age Pottery Production and Exchange in Argolis and Korinthia (Corinthia), Greece

1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Attas ◽  
John M. Fossey ◽  
Leo Yaffe
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Pottery Production ◽  
Archaeometric Study

New insights on Early Bronze Age IV pottery production and consumption in the southern Levant: The case of Khirbat Iskandar, Jordan

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (16) ◽  
pp. 18991-19005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Medeghini ◽  
Silvano Mignardi ◽  
Caterina De Vito ◽  
Natalia Macro ◽  
Marta D’Andrea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Pottery Production ◽  
Southern Levant ◽  
Production And Consumption

Divergent Pottery Firing Practices at the Advent of the Early Bronze Age: The Social Integration of Crafts and Craftspeople at Kura-Araxes Sites in the Northeastern Caucasus

2011 ◽  
Vol 1319 ◽  
Author(s):  
MaryFran Heinsch
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Pottery Production ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
The Social ◽  
Production Regime ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
Complex Relationships

ABSTRACTTwo separate pottery types, Kura-Araxes and Velikent Fine Wares can be found together at a number of Early Bronze Age sites in the Northeastern Caucasus. These ceramics are strikingly different in their appearance. Velikent Fine Ware bears indications that it may have been fired at a much higher temperature than Kura-Araxes wares. The obvious contrasts in their production raised suspicions that Velikent Fine Wares represented either an import or an intrusive production regime perhaps linked to the advent of Bronze metallurgy in this region or at least relying on a shared pyrotechnology. Prior results of Xeroradiographic analysis and INAA are merged with recent re-firing analysis to examine these hypotheses. The findings suggest that while a specific link between metal and pottery production cannot be confirmed, the emergence of divergent firing practices within an otherwise unified production tradition speaks to complex relationships between craftspeople within Early Bronze Age communities in the Caucasus.

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