The Early Bronze Age Seal-Impressed Vessels from Ḫirbet Ez-Zeraqōn : Pot-Sealing Practices in the Levant and Northeastern Syria in the Fourth and Third Millennia BCE.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tumolo, Valentina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronze age.

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (526 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2024.

Summary:

Sealing practices were widespread across the Mediterranean and Southwest Asia from prehistoric to historic times. This study is based on the author's analysis of the large assemblage of impressed ceramics from the site of Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn in northern Jordan.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Chapter 1

Figure 1.1. Map of regions included in the present study (map by C. Foster - Datalino, Berlin; graphic elaboration by V. Tumolo).

Figure 1.2. Chronological chart showing regional sequences for Southern, Central, and Northern Levant, Middle Euphrates, and Jezirah between the mid 4th and end of the 3rd millennium BCE, following recent proposals on chronologies, as described in the tex

Figure 1.3. Map with location of sites included in the present study (map by C. Forster - Datalino, Berlin; graphic elaboration by V. Tumolo).

Chapter 2

Figure 2.1. Map of the Southern Levant with location of Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn (map by C. Forster, Datalino - Berlin; graphic elaboration by V. Tumolo).

Figure 2.2. Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn, topographic plan (courtesy of the Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn archaeological expedition).

Figure 2.3. Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn, upper town plan (drawing by M. Speidel; graphic elaboration by V. Tumolo; courtesy of the Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn archaeological expedition).

Figure 2.4. Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn, lower town plan, Late Horizon (drawing by M. Speidel; graphic elaboration by V. Tumolo; courtesy of the Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn archaeological expedition).

Figure 2.5. Individual calibration of radiocarbon determinations from Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn (after Tumolo and Höflmayer 2020: Fig. 13.4).

Figure 2.6. Chronological chart indicating the setting of the Early, Middle and Late Horizon occupations at Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn in relation to regional chronologies of Southern, Central, and Northern Levant, Middle Euphrates, and Jezirah between the mid 4th

Chapter 3

Table 3.1: Sealings consisting of potsherds joining or having identical features (*sherd not available for examination).

Table 3.2: List of items impressed by the same seals and possibly parts of the same vessels (*sherd not available for examination).

Figure 3.1. Proportions of seal-impressed vessels by provenience. Under ‘unstratified contexts’ are the surface finds and items collected from other mixed or unstratified contexts. Under ‘stratified’ are the items collected from EB II-III occupation stage

Figure 3.2. Proportion of types within the assemblage of seal-impressed vessels.

Figure 3.4. The seal-impressed pithos HZ88-430 (after Genz 2002: pl. 27).

Figure 3.5. Proportion of detected ware-types for seal-impressed items.

Figure 3.6. Wares and ceramic types of seal-impressed items.

Figure 3.7. Numerical relationship between sealed and unsealed vessels of Ware g, c, and d. Note: ‘Ware g’ also includes items classified as ‘Ware g or Ware c’ and ‘Ware g or Ware d’; ‘Ware c’ also includes items classified as ‘Ware c or Ware d’.

Figure 3.10. Ratio of ware groups in the Early Horizon, Middle Horizon and Late Horizon, as documented by plain (EH: after Genz 2002: tab. 53; MH: after Genz 2002: tab. 52; LH: after Genz 2002: tab. 51) and seal-impressed pottery. Note: EH ‘Ware g sealed’

Figure 3.11. Frequency of representation types, geometric and figurative.

Figure 3.12. Chronological distribution of representation types.

Figure 3.14. Lozenges/triangles representations. Figure 3.14:a. HZ91-607; Figure 3.14:b. HZ84-16; Figure 3.14:c. HZ85-76.

Figure 3.15. Lozenges/triangles representations. Figure 3.15:a. HZ87-15; Figure 3.15:b. HZ91-450. Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781803279046

1803279044

OCLC:

1465362179