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A Petrographic Analysis of Storage Jars From Tel Nami, Israel: Ceramic Production and Trade Networks of the Middle Bronze Iia Period (CA. 2000-1750, BC)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Ezra S. Marcus
Ezra S. Marcus*
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Wolfson College, Oxford OX2 6UD United Kingdom
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Abstract

The application of provenience analysis to the delineation of zones of economic interaction is considered for the Middle Bronze IIa period in the southern Levant. Preliminary petrographic analysis of ceramic finds from Tel Nami, a small port with substantial East Mediterranean contacts, is consistent with local coastal production, with possible utilization of nearby igneous sources. The petrography of storage jars containing imported Aegean legumes is consistent with local typology and geology.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 352: Symposium – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IV , 1995 , 597
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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