Jon Ro
Biographic Data
| ID | 3864251 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon Ro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon |
| FAMILY NAME | Ro |
| SIGNATURE | RO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ariel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6830-0526 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Distorted touch
Recent years have seen a marked rise in fingerprint studies on ceramic artefacts, offering novel insights into the social organisation of production and the division of labour at a growing number of sites worldwide. However, methods adapted from forensic biometry and dermatoglyphics must be correctly calibrated for archaeological datasets, especially given the distorting effects of clay shrinkage on ridge breadth measurements. While clay shrinkag…
Figurines and Their Makers
Plaque figurines are a well-established Canaanite tradition of the Late Bronze Age Southern Levant. In this paper, we go beyond typology to consider who made these ritual objects at Tel Burna, based on impressions of fingerprints from shaping these figurines using an open mold. The lack of care exhibited on the backs and sides of the plaques has enabled a fingerprint analysis using proven biometric methods to clarify the demographics of their pro…
Ceramic Platters at Early Bronze Age Tell es-Sâfi/Gath
Recent ceramic studies in Early Bronze Age Levantine archaeology emphasize the need to update and expand the interpretative potentials of ceramic datasets by taking a multiscalar chaîne opératoire approach. In this article, we focus on the platters from the excavations at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath in the southern Levant. The results of thin-section petrography are integrated with inspection of surface features and an alternative imaging technique for ide…
New fingerprint evidence for female potters in Late Bronze Age Canaan
Techno-stylistic studies in ceramic analysis have largely focused on characterising production groups, based on the similarity of various objects and how they were made. The demographics of potters and the division of labour often remain enigmatic in current chaîne opératoire research. A growing number of biometric studies have demonstrated the potential of fingerprints preserved on ceramic surfaces for classifying the age and sex of potters. In …
Age and sex determination of fingerprints on ceramic objects from the Late Bronze Age Palace at Tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel
Who made figurines for ritual feasting in the Late Bronze Age (LBA) palace at Tel Beth-Shemesh? This article attempts to answer this question by determining the age and sex of fingerprints on five zoomorphic figurines and a lamp from a unique room in the LBA IB–IIA palace that contains an assemblage normally associated with feasting. The age and sex determinations of 59 preserved epidermal print impressions, based upon the analysis of ridge bread…
The Identity of Potters in Early States
A scanning method for the identification of pottery forming techniques at the mesoscopic scale
Ceramic Vessel Production and Use at Early Bronze Age Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath
Rosa Luxemburg in the German democratic republic or “What the Epigoni did to Marxist theory
1995). Rosa Luxemburg in the German democratic republic or “What the Epigoni did to Marxist theory' Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 98-125
A Bronze Age Flint Industry from a Barrow Site in Micheldever Wood, Hampshire
The excavation of a multi-tumped oval barrow led to the discovery of a post-barrow flint industry, which utilized flint nodules incorporated in the mounds, thus damaging the original profile of the monument. 16,030 pieces of worked flint were recovered, 10,539 from the industrial levels. The material was analyzed by computer making use of programmes already developed for daily use by the M3 Archaeological Rescue Committee
The Identity of Potters in Early States
New fingerprint evidence for female potters in Late Bronze Age Canaan
Techno-stylistic studies in ceramic analysis have largely focused on characterising production groups, based on the similarity of various objects and how they were made. The demographics of potters and the division of labour often remain enigmatic in current chaîne opératoire research. A growing number of biometric studies have demonstrated the potential of fingerprints preserved on ceramic surfaces for classifying the age and sex of potters. In …
A scanning method for the identification of pottery forming techniques at the mesoscopic scale
A Bronze Age Flint Industry from a Barrow Site in Micheldever Wood, Hampshire
The excavation of a multi-tumped oval barrow led to the discovery of a post-barrow flint industry, which utilized flint nodules incorporated in the mounds, thus damaging the original profile of the monument. 16,030 pieces of worked flint were recovered, 10,539 from the industrial levels. The material was analyzed by computer making use of programmes already developed for daily use by the M3 Archaeological Rescue Committee
A Bronze Age Flint Industry from a Barrow Site in Micheldever Wood, Hampshire
The excavation of a multi-tumped oval barrow led to the discovery of a post-barrow flint industry, which utilized flint nodules incorporated in the mounds, thus damaging the original profile of the monument. 16,030 pieces of worked flint were recovered, 10,539 from the industrial levels. The material was analyzed by computer making use of programmes already developed for daily use by the M3 Archaeological Rescue Committee
Rosa Luxemburg in the German democratic republic or “What the Epigoni did to Marxist theory
1995). Rosa Luxemburg in the German democratic republic or “What the Epigoni did to Marxist theory' Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 98-125
Ceramic Vessel Production and Use at Early Bronze Age Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath
A scanning method for the identification of pottery forming techniques at the mesoscopic scale
The Identity of Potters in Early States
Age and sex determination of fingerprints on ceramic objects from the Late Bronze Age Palace at Tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel
Who made figurines for ritual feasting in the Late Bronze Age (LBA) palace at Tel Beth-Shemesh? This article attempts to answer this question by determining the age and sex of fingerprints on five zoomorphic figurines and a lamp from a unique room in the LBA IB–IIA palace that contains an assemblage normally associated with feasting. The age and sex determinations of 59 preserved epidermal print impressions, based upon the analysis of ridge bread…
New fingerprint evidence for female potters in Late Bronze Age Canaan
Techno-stylistic studies in ceramic analysis have largely focused on characterising production groups, based on the similarity of various objects and how they were made. The demographics of potters and the division of labour often remain enigmatic in current chaîne opératoire research. A growing number of biometric studies have demonstrated the potential of fingerprints preserved on ceramic surfaces for classifying the age and sex of potters. In …
Ceramic Platters at Early Bronze Age Tell es-Sâfi/Gath
Recent ceramic studies in Early Bronze Age Levantine archaeology emphasize the need to update and expand the interpretative potentials of ceramic datasets by taking a multiscalar chaîne opératoire approach. In this article, we focus on the platters from the excavations at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath in the southern Levant. The results of thin-section petrography are integrated with inspection of surface features and an alternative imaging technique for ide…
Figurines and Their Makers
Plaque figurines are a well-established Canaanite tradition of the Late Bronze Age Southern Levant. In this paper, we go beyond typology to consider who made these ritual objects at Tel Burna, based on impressions of fingerprints from shaping these figurines using an open mold. The lack of care exhibited on the backs and sides of the plaques has enabled a fingerprint analysis using proven biometric methods to clarify the demographics of their pro…
Distorted touch
Recent years have seen a marked rise in fingerprint studies on ceramic artefacts, offering novel insights into the social organisation of production and the division of labour at a growing number of sites worldwide. However, methods adapted from forensic biometry and dermatoglyphics must be correctly calibrated for archaeological datasets, especially given the distorting effects of clay shrinkage on ridge breadth measurements. While clay shrinkag…
Archaeology (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Bronze Age (6 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (5 works) · Art (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · History (5 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Ancient Near East History (3 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works)