Bevan, AH;
(2018)
Wood-worked and metal-shocked: softstone vessels in the Bronze and Early Iron Age eastern Mediterranean.
In: Phillips, CJ and Simpson, SJ, (eds.)
Softstone: Approaches to the study of chlorite and calcite vessels in the Middle East and Central Asia from prehistory to the present.
(pp. 62-69).
Archaeopress: Oxford, UK.
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Abstract
This paper reviews an impressive variety of softstone vessel traditions that appear in different parts of the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze and very early Iron Age. Its goal is to summarise the shapes, materials and decorative pre-occupations that characterise these industries, as well as to offer a point of comparison for others in this volume that deal more directly with Mesopotamia and the Middle East. Such a broad comparative study, ranging over two millennia and a wide geographic area, is useful because it suggests social, technical and environmental reasons why these objects might be valued similarly in very different contexts. Such cross-cultural consistencies emphasise yet another reason why softstone vessels deserve to receive significant archaeological attention.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Wood-worked and metal-shocked: softstone vessels in the Bronze and Early Iron Age eastern Mediterranean |
| ISBN-13: | 9781784919924 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1nzfvq4.7 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Soapstone; vessel; trade; Arabia; Prehistory; Middle East; Stone containers; chlorite |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/149736 |
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