Stone Vessels in the near East During the Iron Age and the Persian Period : (C. 1200-330 BCE).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Squitieri, Andrea.

Series:

Archaeopress Ancient near Eastern Archaeology

Archaeopress Ancient near Eastern Archaeology ; v.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle East--Antiquities.

Middle East.

Stone implements--Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Stone Vessels in the near East During the Iron Age and the Persian Period

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2017.

Summary:

This book focuses on the characteristics and the development of the stone vessel industry in the Near East during the Iron Age and the Persian period (c. 1200 - 330 BCE).

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 OVERVIEW

1.2 GOALS AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

1.3 THE OBJECT VALUE THEORY

1.4 SECONDARY RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND THEIR THEORETICAL BACKGROUNDS

1.4.1 RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND THEORY FOR STONE VESSEL PRODUCTION

1.4.2 RESEARCH QUESTION AND THEORY FOR STONE VESSEL EXCHANGE

1.4.3 RESEARCH QUESTION AND THEORY FOR STONE VESSEL CONSUMPTION

Chapter 2 Methodology and Data

2.1 METHODS OF ENQUIRY

2.1.1 METHODS ADDRESSING STONE VESSEL PRODUCTION

2.1.2 METHODS ADDRESSING STONE VESSEL EXCHANGE

2.1.3 METHODS ADDRESSING STONE VESSEL CONSUMPTION

2.2 GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE, DATA SOURCES AND POTENTIAL BIASES

2.2.1 DATA SOURCES AND CRITERIA OF SELECTION AND EXCLUSION

2.2.2 POTENTIAL BIASES IN THE DATASET

Chapter 3 Chronological Framework and Historical Outline

3.1 CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE LEVANT AND ASSYRIA

3.1.1 THE CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE NORTHERN LEVANT

3.1.2 THE CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE JAZIRA AND ASSYRIA

3.1.3 THE CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE SOUTHERN LEVANT

3.2 THE CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF THIS STUDY

3.3 HISTORICAL OUTLINE

3.3.1 THE IRON AGE I (c. 1200 - 1000/980 BCE): COLLAPSE AND RECOVERY

3.3.2 THE IRON AGE II (1000/980 - 732/701 BCE): RISE AND CRISIS OF REGIONAL KINGDOMS

3.3.3 THE IRONA AGE III (732/701 - 550 BCE): THE ASSYRIAN AND THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRES

3.3.4 THE UNIVERSAL EMPIRE OF THE PERSIANS (550 - 330 BCE)

Chapter 4 Raw Materials for Stone Vessels

4.1 INTRODUCTION

4.2 IGNEOUS ROCKS

4.3 SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

4.4 METAMORPHIC ROCKS

4.5 MINERALS

Chapter 5 Stone Vessel Typology

5.1 INTRODUCTION

5.2 NORTHERN LEVANTINE STONE VESSELS

5.2.1 SPOONS

5.2.2 BOXES

5.2.3 EVERTED BOWLS

5.2.4 PEDESTAL BOWLS.

5.2.5 ZOOMORPHIC FOUR-LEGGED BASINS

5.2.6 GLOBULAR JARS

5.2.7 BAGGY JARS

5.2.8 ALABASTRA

5.3 ASSYRIAN STONE VESSELS

5.3.1 BOXES

5.3.2 EVERTED BOWLS WITH UNDERCUT RIM

5.3.3 TRIPOD BOWLS

5.3.4 BAR-HANDLED PLATES

5.3.5 ZOOMORPHIC BASINS

5.3.6 CLOSED SAUCERS

5.3.7 CYLINDRICAL JARS

5.3.8 ALABASTRA

5.4 SOUTHERN LEVANTINE VESSELS

5.4.1 PALETTES

5.4.2 COSMETIC BOWLS

5.4.3 STEMMED PYXIDES

5.4.4 EVERTED BOWLS

5.4.5 PEDESTAL BOWLS WITH A TRUMPET FOOT

5.4.6 TRIPOD BOWLS WITH ELABORATED LEGS

5.4.7 PLATES

5.4.10 FLASKS

5.4.8 CLOSED SAUCERS

5.4.9 GLOBULAR JARS

5.4.11 BAGGY JARS WITH LUG-HANDLES

5.4.12 ALABASTRA

5.5 NEAR EASTERN VESSELS

5.5.1 LEDGE-RIMMED EVERTED BOWLS

5.5.2 EVERTED BOWLS WITH NARROW RIM

5.5.3 RECTANGULAR BOWLS

5.5.4 TRIPOD BOWLS

5.5.5 MORTARS

5.5.6 MORTAR BOWLS

5.5.7 BASINS

5.5.8 SQUAT JARS WITH LONG NECK

5.6 EGYPTIAN STONE VESSELS

5.6.1 ALABASTRA

5.6.2 LARGE ALABASTRA

5.6.3 AMPHORAE

5.6.4 LONG-NECKED JARS

5.6.5 FOOTED JARS

5.6.6 DROP JARS

5.6.7 FLASKS

5.6.8 JUGS

5.7 CYPRIOT STONE VESSELS

5.8 ARABIAN STONE VESSELS

5.8.1 SQUAT JARS

5.8.2 TRIPOD BOWLS

5.9 PERSIAN STONE VESSELS

5.9.1 EVERTED BOWLS

5.9.2 PEDESTAL BOWL

5.10 BRONZE AGE VESSELS SURVIVING INTO IRON AGE / PERSIAN LEVELS

5.10.1 EGYPTIAN STONE VESSELS

5.10.2 NEAR EASTERN STONE VESSELS

Chapter 6 Stone Vessel Manufacture and Related Technologies

6.1 STONEWORKING TECHNOLOGIES: PROPERTIES, TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

6.1.1 PRINCIPLES OF STONEWORKING

6.1.2 STONEWORKING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES IN THE NEAR EAST AND EGYPT: A BACKGROUND

6.2 MAKING BASALT VESSELS

6.2.1 TOOL MARKS AND WORKING TOOLS ON THE IRON AGE AND PERSIAN VESSELS: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

6.2.2 MAKING A BASALT PEBBLE MORTAR: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH.

6.2.3 TECHNIQUES AND SEQUENCE FOR BASALT VESSEL MANUFACTURE

6.3 MAKING LIMESTONE AND CALCITE VESSELS

6.3.1 LIMESTONE VESSELS

6.3.2 CALCITE VESSELS

6.4 MAKING GYPSUM AND STEATITE VESSELS

6.4.1 GYPSUM VESSELS

6.4.2 STEATITE VESSELS

6.5 IDENTIFYING CRAFT PRACTICES: TECHNOLOGIES, INNOVATIONS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION

6.6 EVIDENCE FOR STONE VESSEL WORKPLACES DURING THE IRON AGE AND THE PERSIAN PERIOD

6.7 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 7 The Mechanisms of Exchange of Stone Vessels

7.1 INTRODUCTION

7.2 THE EXCHANGE OF BASALT VESSELS IN THE LEVANT

7.2.1 IRON AGE I

7.2.2 IRON AGE II

7.2.3 IRON AGE III

7.2.4 THE PERSIAN PERIOD

7.2.5 CONCLUSION

7.3 THE EXCHANGE OF EGYPTIAN STONE VESSELS

7.3.1 PATTERNS OF EXCHANGE DURING THE IRON AGE AND THE PERSIAN PERIOD

7.3.2 CONCLUSION

7.4 STONE VESSEL EXCHANGE WITH SOUTH ARABIA

7.5 STONE VESSELS IN ASSYRIA EXCHANGED AS TRIBUTE AND LOOTED ITEMS

7.6 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 8 Stone Vessel Consumption

8.1 INTRODUCTION

8.2 THE ROYAL CONSUMPTION OF STONE VESSELS IN ASSYRIA AND SYRIA

8.2.1 THE ASSYRIAN ROYAL CITADELS

8.3 STONE VESSELS AS PRESTIGE ITEMS AND STATUS MARKERS IN RICH HOUSES AND TOMBS OF THE LEVANT

8.3.1 STONE VESSELS FROM TELL AHMAR AREA C

8.3.2 STONE VESSELS FROM THE RICH HOUSE OF HORBAT ROSH ZAYIT

8.3.3 STONE VESSELS IN THE YUNUS CEMETERY NEAR CARCHEMISH

8.3.4 STONE VESSELS IN THE PERSIAN TOMBS OF THE LEVANT

8.4 STONE VESSELS FROM A NON-ELITE CONTEXT: MEGIDDO HOUSE 00/K/10

8.5 STONE VESSELS AS POSSIBLE GROUP AFFILIATION MARKERS: THE COSMETIC BOWLS FROM THE SOUTHERN LEVANT

8.6 CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 9 General Conclusions and Future Lines of Research

9.1 INTRODUCTION

9.2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STONE VESSEL INDUSTRY DURING THE IRON AGE AND THE PERSIAN PERIOD

9.2.1 Iron Age I

9.2.2 Iron Age II.

9.2.3 Iron Age III - Persian period

9.3 THE THEORETICAL PROPOSITIONS REVISITED

9.4 FUTURE LINES OF RESEARCH

9.4.1 NEW AND EXPANDED CORPORA OF STONE VESSELS

9.4.2 ANALYTICAL SOURCING RESEARCH AND DISTRIBUTION STUDIES

9.4.3 TOOL MARK STUDIES AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

9.4.4 MORE CROSS-COMPARATIVE CONTEXTUAL STUDIES

Appendix A Catalogue

Appendix B

Bibliography.

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ISBN:

9781784915537

178491553X

OCLC:

1012813294