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Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 3, Page 228-247, August 2025.Summary This study examines four exceptional lead boat‐shaped objects recovered from the fourteenth‐century BC Chamber Tomb ZZ at the cemetery of the cosmopolitan city of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus. A closely related lead object was also found in Stratum 1 of City Quarter 4 at Hala Sultan Tekke, dating to the early twelfth century BC.
Peter M. Fischer, Tzveta V. Manolova
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CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF A VASSAL: THE CASE OF LACHISH AND JERUSALEM
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 139-158, May 2025.Summary This study analyzes the complex interplay of material culture, elite consumption and imperial power dynamics as they relate to the roles of Lachish and Jerusalem in the Iron IIA and to the formation of the Kingdom of Judah. Based on an analysis of luxury goods and social practices, it explores established interpretations of the geopolitical ...
Reli Avisar
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Evidence of glass bead‐making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula
Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 364-379, April 2025.Abstract Glass beads from two Islamic archaeological sites in the Tagus valley in central Spain were selected and analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS), and a subset of samples (n = 6) was analysed for Pb isotopes by multicollector thermal ionization mass spectrometry (MC‐TIMS).
Cristina Boschetti +4 more
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Mycenaean Vitreous Artifacts: Overcoming Taxonomy Hurdles via Macro-XRF Analysis
HeritageMycenaean glass artifacts, such as beads and relief plaques, are highly susceptible to degradation, which can significantly modify their visual attributes and pose classification challenges.
Artemios Oikonomou +10 more
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On the nature of ceramics technology: from Empedocles to Dawkins
Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 55-71, February 2025.Abstract This contribution discusses salient aspects of the development of ceramics technology from its invention to the present, and the role ceramics have played during the cultural development and technological progress of ancient and modern societies. The conjecture is being advanced that the transformation of ceramic production modes from holistic,
Robert B. Heimann
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Un regard porté sur l’ailleurs. Céramiques à Lyon entre Moyen Âge et temps modernes
Archéopages, 2013 In the seventeenth century, the taste for exoticism grows considerably as a cultural phenomenon in France. The use of ceramic vessels as an aspect of this fashion is evident, and this was the case for the whole of the early modern period.
Alban Horry
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A FAIENCE HEAD OF A BEARDED MALE FROM TEL ABEL BETH MAACAH: ICONOGRAPHY, TECHNOLOGY AND CONTEXT
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 373-398, November 2024.Summary A faience head depicting a bearded male was unearthed in a ninth‐century BC context at Tel Abel Beth Maacah, located on the modern Israel‐Lebanese border. During the Iron Age, the site was at the interface between the kingdoms of Israel and Aram‐Damascus and the Phoenician city‐states of Tyre and Sidon.
N. Yahalom‐Mack +5 more
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Archéopages, 2012 Archaeological assemblages, especially pottery assemblages, enable us to broach the question of the social status of its users. The large collections gathered, many in archaeological interventions in advance of development, allow us to identify wealth ...
Fabienne Ravoire
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The Variety of Vance and Avon Faience: Part I, The Vance Faience Company [PDF]
, 2005 Seldom has there been a more disparate pair of ceramic Siamese twins than the Vance and Avon Faience companies of tiny Tiltonsville, Ohio, an Ohio River town about eight miles north of Wheeling, West Virginia. Sigafoose puts it more bluntly, if perhaps a
Murphy, James L., 1941-
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AN AEGEAN MIRROR FROM HALA SULTAN TEKKE, CYPRUS
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 153-172, May 2024.Summary This study deals with the results of the 2023 fieldwork at the extramural cemetery of the Late Bronze Age harbour city of Hala Sultan Tekke. One of the three excavated tombs in 2023 was the undisturbed Chamber Tomb XX, which is dated around 1300 BC.
Rainer Feldbacher +4 more
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