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Humayma, Jordan
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South Jordanian Desert
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110 degrees and still smiling !
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Before
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After
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Humayma Jordan
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Ceramics in the Field
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Artifacts – Ceramic Pottery Clay deposits 10,000 years ago Artifact Most frequently found Different vessels for different purposes
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Potsherds Sherds vs. Shards Diagnostics: potsherds used for analysis Typologies: How was it made and what was it used for? (Shapes Decorations Fabric) Chronology: When was it made? Petrography: Where was it made?
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Typologies What part of the pot? What kind of pot? What was it used for? How old are the artifacts?
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Who used it and what did they do with it ? Cooking, storage, eating and drinking How a site or part of a site was used Imported pottery was more expensive –trade goods can indicate affluence –cuisine
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Profiles Archaeological illistration Front view Black line for the side wall Bisecting line Shows Inside and outside
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What were these pots used for?
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Grains and dried goods
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Body Sherd
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Diagnostics Handles Rims Collars Bases Body Potter’s marks Uruk Period
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Sherd Count Handles Rims Collars Bases Body Decorated Sort shapes and count
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PotSherd Number B 66. IX. 16,113 Dig siteyear excavated grid # artifact # Unmarked Pottery = BZ year excavated
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Amphora The amphora was a two-handled vase used for storage and transport. Krater "mixing-bowl" used for mixing wine with water. Pithoi Large Storage vessel Jar – flat, pedestal or round bottom with or without handle Cooking Pot Thick rim with rounded base Plate – Bowl Chalice – drinking vessel
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How Old Are the Sherds? BZ = Eastern Roman Empire 1,700 years old IV = Greek/Persian 2,400 years old VII = Israel 2,700 years old I = Israel (time of King Solomon) 3,000 years old IX = Egyptian (time of Pharaoh Tutankhamun) 3,350 years old
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Stratigraphy
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Mesopotamian Ceramics
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Egyptian Ceramics
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Canaanite Israelite Bronze Age Lamp Palestine during the Late Bronze Age is contemporary with Egyptian New Kingdom http://www.bu.edu/anep/lamps.html
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Imported Pottery
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Bilbils
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Seriation What came first and in what order did things occur?
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Greek Black Figure Ware Amphora 540 BCE
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Painted Pottery Dionysus Holding a Kantharos. –Red-figure –The Berlin Painter c. 490-480 B.C.
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Dive into History
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