Pottery production at Tell Arqa (Lebanon) during the 3rd millennium BC: preliminary results of petrographic analysis - Archive ouverte HAL
Journal Articles Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant Year : 2020

Pottery production at Tell Arqa (Lebanon) during the 3rd millennium BC: preliminary results of petrographic analysis

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Studying well-documented assemblages is key to enhancing our understanding of the long-term evolution of pottery production and distribution in Bronze Age Levant. As a contribution to this effort, this paper presents, for the first time, the results of petrographic analysis undertaken on the Early Bronze (EB) pottery assemblage from Tell Arqa (northern Lebanon). Macroscopic and thinsection analyses were performed on a large set of samples. Beyond the characterization of eight petrographic groups, the study discusses the provenance of the raw materials and, taking advantage of the precise stratigraphic and typo-chronological sequence, gives a detailed vision of temporal change in ceramic production. It highlights a disruption at the end of the EB II-Early Central Levant (ECL) 2 and then a continuous evolution towards the homogenization of production both petrographically and technicallyuntil the end of the EBA. Finally, through comparison with other evidence, it is possible to contextualize the evidence from Tell Arqa within regional Levantine pottery traditions existing during the 3rd millennium BC.
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hal-03215208 , version 1 (10-12-2021)

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Mathilde Jean. Pottery production at Tell Arqa (Lebanon) during the 3rd millennium BC: preliminary results of petrographic analysis. Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant , 2020, 52 (1-2), pp.136-159. ⟨10.1080/00758914.2018.1454239⟩. ⟨hal-03215208⟩
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