RT Article
T1 Ethnofabrics: Petrographic Analysis as a Tool for Illuminating Cultural Interactions and Trade Relations between Judah and Philistia during the Iron Age II
JF Bulletin of ASOR
IS 377
SP 1
OP 20
A1 Cohen-Weinberger, Anat
A2 Szanton, Nahshon
A2 Uziel, Joe
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1577306724
AB Recent excavations along the lower eastern slopes of Jerusalem yielded a number of sherds attributed to Late Philistine Decorated Ware. As this family of vessels is generally thought to derive from Philistia, petrographic analysis was conducted on the sherds, as well as on other vessels assumed to be locally made, which served as a control group. Late Philistine Decorated Ware sherds were found to belong to three distinct petrographic groups, two of which seem to originate in Philistia (i.e., the southern coastal plain and Judaean Shephelah), while a third group was found to be local to Jerusalem. The results also indicate that some vessels considered local to the area of Jerusalem were actually produced farther west. This article discusses the results of the petrographic analysis and the implications they have on understanding Judaeo-Philistine relations.
K1 FORAMINIFERA
K1 International economic relations
K1 Iron Age
K1 Jerusalem
K1 Late Philistine Decorated Ware
K1 Moza Formation
K1 POTSHERDS
K1 Shephelah
K1 ethnic markers
K1 petrographic analysis
DO 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.377.0001