Mark Iserlis
Biographic Data
| ID | 1723767 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Iserlis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Iserlis |
| SIGNATURE | ISERLIS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Eurasien-Abteilung |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0746-8215 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Regionalism, social boundaries and cultural interaction in the Levantine Early Bronze Age
Twenty years of Kura-Araxes research at Tel Bet Yerah
Tel Bet Yerah has provided us with an opportunity to advance the study of diasporic Kura-Araxes research in multiple ways. Reflecting on what we have learned in twenty years at the site, we summarize the evidence for an assemblage that goes far beyond Khirbet Kerak ceramics, and includes the organization of space, miniature art, stone and metal artifacts, food and fuel acquisition and consumption practices. We also reflect on our evolving underst…
Tracing Social Dynamics of the Khirbet Kerak Ware Diaspora and Local Early Bronze Age III Jordan Valley Communities
Karolina Hruby, קרולינה חרובי, Sarit Paz, שרית פז, Yael Rotem, יעל רותם, Mark Iserlis, מרק איסרליס, Danny Rosenberg, דני רוזנברג, Tracing social dynamics of the Khirbet Kerak Ware diaspora and local Early Bronze Age III Jordan Valley communities - התחקות אחרי דינמיקות חברתיות של קהילות "קרמיקת בית ירח" וקהילות מקומיות בתקופת הברונזה הקדומה III בעמק הירדן, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך נ"ב (2022), p…
A Late 4th millennium BCE cylinder-seal amulet from Tel Yaqush and its contribution to the understanding of EB I–II communities in the Central Jordan Valley
This paper deals with a unique stone object found at the Early Bronze Age site of Tel Yaqush in the Central Jordan Valley. The object is understood by the authors to be a cylinder-seal amulet with incised geometric motifs, locally produced by a non-specialist craftsman in imitation of specialized seals of local glyptic tradition. The paper presents the object as part of the emerging local glyptic tradition of the period and discusses its signific…
Initial Description of Ceramic Industry at the Sereginskoye Settlement
Керамика является важнейшим компонентом майкопской культуры и уникальным источником информации о ее производителях и пользователях. Целью нашего исследования является описание технологических систем, в рамках которых была произведена керамика Серегинского поселения. В статье представлены результаты технологического анализа керамического ансамбля, включающего в себя исследование методов конструирования, обработки поверхностей и обжига, а также ана…
Новый Анализ Стратиграфии Серегинского Поселения, Исследованного В 1986–1988 Гг
Серегинское поселение, исследованное в 1980-е гг. и опубликованное в двух сжатых статьях, является одним из ключевых для понимания структуры жилых памятников майкопской культурно-исторической общности. Авторы видят своей основной целью расширенную подробную публикацию материалов завершенных раскопок Серегинского поселения. Основываясь на новом анализе полевой документации и материальной культуры, мы предлагаем новую интерпретацию зафиксированных …
Tel Yaqush—An Early Bronze Age Village in the Central Jordan Valley, Israel
This article highlights the results of five excavation seasons at Tel Yaqush, Israel, conducted between the 1989 and 2000 on behalf of The Oriental Institute at The University of Chicago. Tel Yaqush was a medium-sized village, inhabited during the entire Early Bronze Age period, from the mid-4th to the mid-3rd millennia b.c.e. The excavations exposed a dense settlement begun in the Early Bronze Age (EB) I, which ended in a severe conflagration. A…
Contact between first dynasty Egypt and specific sites in the Levant
Insight into Ceramic Technologies at the Maikop Site of Ust-Dzheguta, Karachay-Cherkessia
The Maikop culture of the 4th millennium BC has long been recognized as one of the most intriguing phenomena in the archaeology and history of Eurasia. A pottery assemblage of Ust-Dzheguta, located on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasus, should provide an insight into Maikop society and its technological and social choices. The article provides information on geographical location and geological settings of the Maikop site. Based on optica…
The Circles Building (Granary) at Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet el-Kerak)
New excavations conducted in the Circles Building (Granary) at Tel Bet Yerah, first excavated in 1946, form the basis for a revised, detailed description of the construction and use of this unique structure. Stratigraphic soundings have established that the structure consisted of three platforms with seven circles sunk into them, enclosing a paved courtyard that was open toward the east. The structure was constructed in a single operation, at the…
Early Kura-Araxes ceramic technology in the fourth millennium BCE site of Tsaghkasar, Armenia
The Kura-Araxes phenomenon, represented by its trademark pottery, is one of the most intriguing examples of cultural expansion in the Bronze Age world. Technological analysis of pottery assemblages, providing insight into relations between producers, users, pots and the environment, can be a key to understand how the culture was maintained over time and space. We focus on Tsaghkasar, an early Kura-Araxes village in the Armenian highlands, which s…
Tracking Down Cult
The paper attempts to integrate the study of the manufacture, function and discard of chalices from three sites in Philistia in order to form a coherent ‘life-cycle story’ of this vessel type. The analyses include examination of the sources of the ceramic raw material using petrography; study of the modes of manufacture, employing visual inspection and ethnographic data; and examination of the function of these vessels, using organic residue anal…
New evidence for the Anatolian origins of ‘Khirbet Kerak Ware people’ at Tel Bet Yerah (Israel), ca 2800 BC
A Tel Bet Yerah, la fouille intensive de contextes associés à de grandes quantités de céramique Khirbet-Kerak (KKW), ainsi que de contextes associés à la poterie de tradition locale, qu’ils soient antérieurs aux contextes KKW ou contemporains, nous a permis d’élargir la définition du complexe culturel KKW. L’usage du torchis, le mobilier en terre cuite polie, une technologie lithique particulière, les supports de foyers en argile, des objets symb…
The Inside Out of Childhood Archaeology
Two identical ceramic rattles dated to the Early Islamic period (ninth–eleventh centuries CE), retrieved from excavations at Mishmar David (Israel), were studied using petrographic analysis and x-ray radiography. The petrography shows that the rattles were made of a typical Egyptian Nile Valley clay, while the x-ray radiography provides important data regarding their interior, including the sounding elements they contain. Given the rarity of cont…
Transformations of Lodian Pottery Assemblages as Recorded at The Site of Yesodot, Israel
ASSAF NATIV, MARK ISERLIS, YIZHAK PAZ, אסף נתיב, מארק איסרליס, יצחק פז, שינויים במכלולים קראמיים של התרבות הלודית כפי שנצפו באתר יסודות, ישראל / Transformations of Lodian pottery assemblages as recorded at the site of Yesodot, Israel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך מ"ב (תשע"ג, 2012), pp. 115-135
Tel Bet Yerah
During more than one thousand years at the dawn of written history, ancient Bet Yerah emerged and grew to be a focal point of Early Bronze Age interaction. Established as a large village circa 3500 b.c.e., Bet Yerah was to become the prime city of the Jordan Valley, with massive fortifications, paved streets, and trade connections extending across the Levant and to Dynastic Egypt. One of the most ambitious buildings of the ancient Levant, the Cir…
Bet Yerah, Aparan Iii Ve Karnut
First results of the comparative technology of Kura-Araxes pottery and its derivatives are presented, including analyses ofKhirbet Kerak Ware and local traditions from Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet Kerak) and material from two sites in Armenia: the fourth millennium site ofAparan III and the third millennium site ofKar-nut I. Petrographic and chaine operatoire analysis suggests that all three industries are entirely local and share a series ofcharacte…
Khirbet Kerak Ware at Bet Yerah
The study of Khirbet Kerak Ware (KKW) has centred on typological, chronological, technical and provenience issues, leaving some of the most important questions unanswered: What is the technological relation between KKW and traditional local pottery; what mutual influence existed between the traditions and what is its cultural significance? How can we explain the persistence of the KKW tradition in Canaan for 300-350 years? Through comparative cha…
Khirbet Kerak Ware at Bet Yerah
The study of Khirbet Kerak Ware (KKW) has centred on typological, chronological, technical and provenience issues, leaving some of the most important questions unanswered: What is the technological relation between KKW and traditional local pottery; what mutual influence existed between the traditions and what is its cultural significance? How can we explain the persistence of the KKW tradition in Canaan for 300-350 years? Through comparative cha…
New evidence for the Anatolian origins of ‘Khirbet Kerak Ware people’ at Tel Bet Yerah (Israel), ca 2800 BC
A Tel Bet Yerah, la fouille intensive de contextes associés à de grandes quantités de céramique Khirbet-Kerak (KKW), ainsi que de contextes associés à la poterie de tradition locale, qu’ils soient antérieurs aux contextes KKW ou contemporains, nous a permis d’élargir la définition du complexe culturel KKW. L’usage du torchis, le mobilier en terre cuite polie, une technologie lithique particulière, les supports de foyers en argile, des objets symb…
Contact between first dynasty Egypt and specific sites in the Levant
Early Kura-Araxes ceramic technology in the fourth millennium BCE site of Tsaghkasar, Armenia
The Kura-Araxes phenomenon, represented by its trademark pottery, is one of the most intriguing examples of cultural expansion in the Bronze Age world. Technological analysis of pottery assemblages, providing insight into relations between producers, users, pots and the environment, can be a key to understand how the culture was maintained over time and space. We focus on Tsaghkasar, an early Kura-Araxes village in the Armenian highlands, which s…
Tel Bet Yerah
During more than one thousand years at the dawn of written history, ancient Bet Yerah emerged and grew to be a focal point of Early Bronze Age interaction. Established as a large village circa 3500 b.c.e., Bet Yerah was to become the prime city of the Jordan Valley, with massive fortifications, paved streets, and trade connections extending across the Levant and to Dynastic Egypt. One of the most ambitious buildings of the ancient Levant, the Cir…
Tracking Down Cult
The paper attempts to integrate the study of the manufacture, function and discard of chalices from three sites in Philistia in order to form a coherent ‘life-cycle story’ of this vessel type. The analyses include examination of the sources of the ceramic raw material using petrography; study of the modes of manufacture, employing visual inspection and ethnographic data; and examination of the function of these vessels, using organic residue anal…
The Inside Out of Childhood Archaeology
Two identical ceramic rattles dated to the Early Islamic period (ninth–eleventh centuries CE), retrieved from excavations at Mishmar David (Israel), were studied using petrographic analysis and x-ray radiography. The petrography shows that the rattles were made of a typical Egyptian Nile Valley clay, while the x-ray radiography provides important data regarding their interior, including the sounding elements they contain. Given the rarity of cont…
Khirbet Kerak Ware at Bet Yerah
The study of Khirbet Kerak Ware (KKW) has centred on typological, chronological, technical and provenience issues, leaving some of the most important questions unanswered: What is the technological relation between KKW and traditional local pottery; what mutual influence existed between the traditions and what is its cultural significance? How can we explain the persistence of the KKW tradition in Canaan for 300-350 years? Through comparative cha…
Bet Yerah, Aparan Iii Ve Karnut
First results of the comparative technology of Kura-Araxes pottery and its derivatives are presented, including analyses ofKhirbet Kerak Ware and local traditions from Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet Kerak) and material from two sites in Armenia: the fourth millennium site ofAparan III and the third millennium site ofKar-nut I. Petrographic and chaine operatoire analysis suggests that all three industries are entirely local and share a series ofcharacte…
Transformations of Lodian Pottery Assemblages as Recorded at The Site of Yesodot, Israel
ASSAF NATIV, MARK ISERLIS, YIZHAK PAZ, אסף נתיב, מארק איסרליס, יצחק פז, שינויים במכלולים קראמיים של התרבות הלודית כפי שנצפו באתר יסודות, ישראל / Transformations of Lodian pottery assemblages as recorded at the site of Yesodot, Israel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך מ"ב (תשע"ג, 2012), pp. 115-135
Tel Bet Yerah
During more than one thousand years at the dawn of written history, ancient Bet Yerah emerged and grew to be a focal point of Early Bronze Age interaction. Established as a large village circa 3500 b.c.e., Bet Yerah was to become the prime city of the Jordan Valley, with massive fortifications, paved streets, and trade connections extending across the Levant and to Dynastic Egypt. One of the most ambitious buildings of the ancient Levant, the Cir…
The Inside Out of Childhood Archaeology
Two identical ceramic rattles dated to the Early Islamic period (ninth–eleventh centuries CE), retrieved from excavations at Mishmar David (Israel), were studied using petrographic analysis and x-ray radiography. The petrography shows that the rattles were made of a typical Egyptian Nile Valley clay, while the x-ray radiography provides important data regarding their interior, including the sounding elements they contain. Given the rarity of cont…
Tracking Down Cult
The paper attempts to integrate the study of the manufacture, function and discard of chalices from three sites in Philistia in order to form a coherent ‘life-cycle story’ of this vessel type. The analyses include examination of the sources of the ceramic raw material using petrography; study of the modes of manufacture, employing visual inspection and ethnographic data; and examination of the function of these vessels, using organic residue anal…
New evidence for the Anatolian origins of ‘Khirbet Kerak Ware people’ at Tel Bet Yerah (Israel), ca 2800 BC
A Tel Bet Yerah, la fouille intensive de contextes associés à de grandes quantités de céramique Khirbet-Kerak (KKW), ainsi que de contextes associés à la poterie de tradition locale, qu’ils soient antérieurs aux contextes KKW ou contemporains, nous a permis d’élargir la définition du complexe culturel KKW. L’usage du torchis, le mobilier en terre cuite polie, une technologie lithique particulière, les supports de foyers en argile, des objets symb…
Early Kura-Araxes ceramic technology in the fourth millennium BCE site of Tsaghkasar, Armenia
The Kura-Araxes phenomenon, represented by its trademark pottery, is one of the most intriguing examples of cultural expansion in the Bronze Age world. Technological analysis of pottery assemblages, providing insight into relations between producers, users, pots and the environment, can be a key to understand how the culture was maintained over time and space. We focus on Tsaghkasar, an early Kura-Araxes village in the Armenian highlands, which s…
The Circles Building (Granary) at Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet el-Kerak)
New excavations conducted in the Circles Building (Granary) at Tel Bet Yerah, first excavated in 1946, form the basis for a revised, detailed description of the construction and use of this unique structure. Stratigraphic soundings have established that the structure consisted of three platforms with seven circles sunk into them, enclosing a paved courtyard that was open toward the east. The structure was constructed in a single operation, at the…
Tel Yaqush—An Early Bronze Age Village in the Central Jordan Valley, Israel
This article highlights the results of five excavation seasons at Tel Yaqush, Israel, conducted between the 1989 and 2000 on behalf of The Oriental Institute at The University of Chicago. Tel Yaqush was a medium-sized village, inhabited during the entire Early Bronze Age period, from the mid-4th to the mid-3rd millennia b.c.e. The excavations exposed a dense settlement begun in the Early Bronze Age (EB) I, which ended in a severe conflagration. A…
Contact between first dynasty Egypt and specific sites in the Levant
Insight into Ceramic Technologies at the Maikop Site of Ust-Dzheguta, Karachay-Cherkessia
The Maikop culture of the 4th millennium BC has long been recognized as one of the most intriguing phenomena in the archaeology and history of Eurasia. A pottery assemblage of Ust-Dzheguta, located on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasus, should provide an insight into Maikop society and its technological and social choices. The article provides information on geographical location and geological settings of the Maikop site. Based on optica…
Новый Анализ Стратиграфии Серегинского Поселения, Исследованного В 1986–1988 Гг
Серегинское поселение, исследованное в 1980-е гг. и опубликованное в двух сжатых статьях, является одним из ключевых для понимания структуры жилых памятников майкопской культурно-исторической общности. Авторы видят своей основной целью расширенную подробную публикацию материалов завершенных раскопок Серегинского поселения. Основываясь на новом анализе полевой документации и материальной культуры, мы предлагаем новую интерпретацию зафиксированных …
A Late 4th millennium BCE cylinder-seal amulet from Tel Yaqush and its contribution to the understanding of EB I–II communities in the Central Jordan Valley
This paper deals with a unique stone object found at the Early Bronze Age site of Tel Yaqush in the Central Jordan Valley. The object is understood by the authors to be a cylinder-seal amulet with incised geometric motifs, locally produced by a non-specialist craftsman in imitation of specialized seals of local glyptic tradition. The paper presents the object as part of the emerging local glyptic tradition of the period and discusses its signific…
Initial Description of Ceramic Industry at the Sereginskoye Settlement
Керамика является важнейшим компонентом майкопской культуры и уникальным источником информации о ее производителях и пользователях. Целью нашего исследования является описание технологических систем, в рамках которых была произведена керамика Серегинского поселения. В статье представлены результаты технологического анализа керамического ансамбля, включающего в себя исследование методов конструирования, обработки поверхностей и обжига, а также ана…
Twenty years of Kura-Araxes research at Tel Bet Yerah
Tel Bet Yerah has provided us with an opportunity to advance the study of diasporic Kura-Araxes research in multiple ways. Reflecting on what we have learned in twenty years at the site, we summarize the evidence for an assemblage that goes far beyond Khirbet Kerak ceramics, and includes the organization of space, miniature art, stone and metal artifacts, food and fuel acquisition and consumption practices. We also reflect on our evolving underst…
Tracing Social Dynamics of the Khirbet Kerak Ware Diaspora and Local Early Bronze Age III Jordan Valley Communities
Karolina Hruby, קרולינה חרובי, Sarit Paz, שרית פז, Yael Rotem, יעל רותם, Mark Iserlis, מרק איסרליס, Danny Rosenberg, דני רוזנברג, Tracing social dynamics of the Khirbet Kerak Ware diaspora and local Early Bronze Age III Jordan Valley communities - התחקות אחרי דינמיקות חברתיות של קהילות "קרמיקת בית ירח" וקהילות מקומיות בתקופת הברונזה הקדומה III בעמק הירדן, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך נ"ב (2022), p…
Regionalism, social boundaries and cultural interaction in the Levantine Early Bronze Age
Archaeology (15 works) · Geography (14 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 works) · Ancient history (11 works) · History (11 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (9 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (9 works) · Ancient Near East History (6 works) · Bronze Age (6 works) · History (6 works)