A Chalcolithic "Fine Ware" from Kataret Es-Samra in the Jordan Valley

Recent excavations at Kataret es-Samra in the eastern Jordan Valley have produced sherds of a distinctive, polychromatic pottery that appear to date to the end of the fourth millennium B. C., i. e., the interface between the Chalcolithic period and the Early Bronze/Proto-Urban Age. Such decorative p...

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Main Author: Leonard, Albert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 1989
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1989, Volume: 276, Pages: 3-14
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Summary:Recent excavations at Kataret es-Samra in the eastern Jordan Valley have produced sherds of a distinctive, polychromatic pottery that appear to date to the end of the fourth millennium B. C., i. e., the interface between the Chalcolithic period and the Early Bronze/Proto-Urban Age. Such decorative pottery is exceptional at this time in the Jordan Valley and finds its closest parallels in Phases D and E of the Syrian Amuq Plain and other cultures well to the north of Kataret es-Samra. This article describes the pottery, defines its stratigraphical placement, and attempts to place it within its own cultural horizon by examining comparanda from the Jordan Valley, coastal Syria, and southeastern Anatolia.
ISSN:2161-8062
Contains:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1356847