Ceramics in transition : a comparative analytical study of late Byzantineâearly Islamic pottery in southern Transjordan and the Negev
This thesis examines the production, exchange and distribution of domestic and utilitarian ceramics in southern Transjordan and the Negev in the 6thâ9th centuries AD, i.e., during the late Byzantineâearly Islamic transition following the Muslim expansion into the former Byzantine province in the mid-7th century, and the formative centuries of Islamic culture. Ceramics from five socioeconomic contexts and archaeological sites, the monastery of Jabal HarĂ"n, the village of Khirbet edh-Dharih, the port city of âAqaba/Aila, the commercial and administrative centre of Elusa, and the farmstead of Abu Matar in Beersheva, were assigned to typo-chronological categories and analysed with ED-XRF and SEM-EDS to investigate their microstructure and composition. These data were employed to make inferences about their provenance, local ceramic production, manufacturing techniques, distribution patterns of ceramic products and shared influences in the ceramic culture. Typologically, the ceramics have numerous parallels from sites in southern Transjordan and the Negev, but also in the broader geographical area, illustrating that potters adapted their technologies similarly on the basis of influences diffusing from the
Holmqvist, V. E.
Ceramics in transition : a comparative analytical study of late Byzantineâearly Islamic pottery in southern Transjordan and the Negev. This thesis examines the production, exchange and distribution of domestic and utilitarian ceramics in southern Transjordan and the Negev in the 6thâ9th centuries AD, i.e., during the late Byzantineâearly Islamic transition following the Muslim expansion into the former Byzantine province in the mid-7th century, and the formative centuries of Islamic culture. Ceramics from five socioeconomic contexts and archaeological sites, the monastery of Jabal HarĂ"n, the village of Khirbet edh-Dharih, the port city of âAqaba/Aila, the commercial and administrative centre of Elusa, and the farmstead of Abu Matar in Beersheva, were assigned to typo-chronological categories and analysed with ED-XRF and SEM-EDS to investigate their microstructure and composition. These data were employed to make inferences about their provenance, local ceramic production, manufacturing techniques, distribution patterns of ceramic products and shared influences in the ceramic culture. Typologically, the ceramics have numerous parallels from sites in southern Transjordan and the Negev, but also in the broader geographical area, illustrating that potters adapted their technologies similarly on the basis of influences diffusing from the
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