A History of Pottery and Potters in Ancient Jerusalem: Excavations by K.M. Kenyon in Jerusalem, 1961-1967 [Hardcover]

H. J. Franken (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2005 | ISBN-10: 1904768687 | ISBN-13: 978-1904768685

This book surveys four thousand years of pottery production and presents totally unexpected fresh information, using technical and analytical methods. It provides a study of ancient pottery of Jerusalem, from the earliest settlement to the medieval city and brings to light important aspects that cannot be discovered by the commonly accepted morphological pottery descriptions. Thus, third millennium BCE pottery appears to have been produced by nomadic families, mb ceramics were made by professional potters in the Wadi Refaim, the pottery market of the IA.II pottery cannot be closely dated and is still produced during the first centuries after the exile. The new shapes are made by Greek immigrant potters. The book contains a chapter on the systematics of ceramic studies and numerous notes about the potters themselves. H. J. Franken is Emeritus Professor at the State University Leiden, The Netherlands.

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H. J. Franken, who died in 2005, was Emeritus Professor at the State University Leiden, The Netherlands.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 214 pages
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing (September 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904768687
• ISBN-13: 978-1904768685
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,720,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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