J H Sterba
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 94035 |
|---|---|
| NOME | J H Sterba |
| PRENOMES | J H |
| SOBRENOME | Sterba |
| ASSINATURA | STERBA J H |
| AFILIAÇÕES | TU Wien |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7883-8861 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 64 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Greek Commodities in Phoenicia
This paper examines transport amphorae of Greek/Aegean types from the 7th–4th c. BCE imported to the Phoenician coastal settlement of Tell el‐Burak, Lebanon. We present a selection of 58 pieces analyzed by typological, chemical (NAA), and petrographic approaches. These approaches complement each other to suggest provenances and thus reveal complex interregional connections: the Phoenician homeland apparently imported not only finewares but also c…
From Pottery Provenance to Multiscale Diachronic Connectivity at Middle Bronze Age Mitrou, Greece
This study employs neutron activation analysis (NAA) to examine pottery from Middle Bronze Age (MBA) ( c. 2200–1700 bc ) Mitrou in East Lokris, central Greece. The analysis of 112 samples from all ceramic phases reveals complex patterns of production and exchange at multiple scales. Limited production of tablewares is evident within the immediate coastscape, contrasting sharply with abundant imports of tableware from other communities (most promi…
Investigating the earliest Bronze Age contacts between Sicily and the Levant
A pottery fragment found in a 14th-century BCE context on the tell of Beirut belongs to a vessel of the Thapsos type imported from Sicily and represents the earliest known Bronze Age Sicilian product that reached the Levantine coast. Employing petrography and neutron activation analysis, we analyzed typological parallels for that vessel from southeastern Sicily in order to determine its exact provenance region. The wider area of Syracuse is known…
Pottery production, early urbanization and the Uruk phenomenon at Tell Brak in Upper Mesopotamia
Tell Brak is one of the largest sites in Upper Mesopotamia, where urbanism and social complexity already emerged in the late 5th and early 4th millennia BCE. This paper combines ceramic petrography and trace element analyses to examine how these changes impacted pottery production and regional trade. The results indicate that paste preparation modes, unlike shaping procedures, remained unaffected by urbanization, with paste recipes showing no lin…
From the hills to the sea
This paper presents the results of a multidisciplinary approach characterizing roof tiles excavated at the Ashdod-Yam Byzantine church (Israel). Occupied from the late fourth/early fifth century CE, the building was destroyed by fire toward the end of the sixth century CE, sealed by tiles from the roof's collapse. The assemblage of 3846 roof tiles was initially classified through macroscopic and typological analysis. Selected samples were further…
Mirroring Mediterraneanization
With a total of 162 samples, one of the most extensive NAA sample series from one single inland settlement in Archaic Sicily is now available to address long debated issues about the impact of the so called ‘Greek Colonization’ on local pottery production. In a previous series, a wide range of wares manufactured on site could be determined, ranging from traditional style incised and stamped vessels via matt painted ceramics of regional style to G…
Production and distribution of White Ware towards the end of Late Bronze Age in Greece
Imported pottery at the cemetery of Perati in light of the current results of Neutron Activation Analysis
Regional and interregional networks of ancient Eleon during the early 12th century BCE as seen from the petrographic and neutron activation analyses of pottery
In this article, we present the results of application of petrographic and neutron activation analyses to a group of pottery fragments dating to the 12th century BCE deriving from ancient Eleon (Boeotia, Greece) as a means of investigating regional and interregional networks in which the site participated. Production centres in Boeotia and central Euboea provided, as could be expected, the majority of sampled pottery across various shapes. A numb…
Production centers of cooking pots in Iron Age Judah
This paper will present and discuss a multifaceted research project dealing with the production of cooking pots during the Iron Age II (ca. 1,000–586 BCE) Judah (modern Israel). In particular the new compositional analysis of 541 cooking vessels from 11 sites in Iron Age Judah will be presented. The study employs petrographic and chemical (NAA) analysis. The results of this ongoing research have already produced interesting information about prod…
Neutron activation analysis in Mediterranean Archaeology
This paper, jointly written by participants of a workshop held in 2021, argues for an increased recognition and application of neutron activation analysis (NAA) in the archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean. Discussing the methodological strengths and challenges, it highlights the great potential NAA has for collecting proxy data from ceramics in order to develop progressive concepts of archaeological research within and beyond the Mediterranea…
Looking for Ephesian workshops
In this pilot study, Late Hellenistic mold-made lamps from Ephesos are investigated by combining chrono-morphological and stylistic features with thin-section petrography and neutron activation analysis. Coeval wares of Ephesian production and clay samples collected around the site as well as published data from the Bonn database are considered local reference material. The results point to a network of local/regional workshops sharing facilities…
Back to Naṣbeh
Philistine Bichrome pottery is one of the most important, well‐known, and easily identifiable features of the Philistine material culture of the early Iron Age (ca. 1,200–1,000 BCE) in the southern Levant. The Philistines were probably a group of immigrants from the Aegean region and Cyprus arriving at several sites in the southern coastal plains of Palestine. More than 25 years ago, results from Neutron Activation of several Philistine Bichrome …
Provenancing of pottery from Kamuiyaki Site in East Asia by neutron activation analysis
A set of 20 vessels was selected from the Japanese National Historical Site ‘Kamuiyaki Kiln Site Cluster’. Selection was performed with explicit archaeological problems and the potential of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) in mind. The set was analysed by INAA and subsequent statistical data analysis adapted to the specific problems of ceramics and applied for the first time in Kamuiyaki. Chemical fingerprinting allowed the a prior…
Technological variability in foragers’ pottery productions at the early-mid Holocene site of Sphinx, western part of Jebel Sabaloka, Sudan
Cyprus and Sardinia in the Late Bronze Age
In the course of the Swedish excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus, table ware and domestic pottery of unknown provenance were discovered in offering pits dating to the 13th century BCE. These vessels comprise six hand-made and black burnished vessels, all of which have close typological parallels in the Nuragic culture of Sardinia. Comparative petrographic investigation confirmed their Sardinian provenance. Other archaeometric analyses includ…
Petrographic and neutron activation analysis of Late Iron Age amphorae from the south western Iberian Peninsula
The successful 'recipe' for a long-lasting tradition
On the effect of organic carbon on rehydroxylation (RHX) dating
Chemical Composition by Neutron Activation Analysis (Inaa) of Neo-Assyrian Palace Ware from Iraq, Syria and Israel
Neo-Assyrian Palace Ware is an 8th-7th century B.C.E. fine-ware which originated in Northern Mesopotamia and spread throughout the greater Levant. The mechanism by which Palace Ware moved across the Neo-Assyrian imperial landscape (trade or local imitation/emulation) is of great archaeological interest. This dataset provides chemical compositional data, generated using instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA), for Palace Ware vessels from …
New light on old pumice
The influence of different tempers on the composition of pottery
The influence of different tempers on the composition of pottery
The successful 'recipe' for a long-lasting tradition
New light on old pumice
Looking for Ephesian workshops
In this pilot study, Late Hellenistic mold-made lamps from Ephesos are investigated by combining chrono-morphological and stylistic features with thin-section petrography and neutron activation analysis. Coeval wares of Ephesian production and clay samples collected around the site as well as published data from the Bonn database are considered local reference material. The results point to a network of local/regional workshops sharing facilities…
Petrographic and neutron activation analysis of Late Iron Age amphorae from the south western Iberian Peninsula
Cyprus and Sardinia in the Late Bronze Age
In the course of the Swedish excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus, table ware and domestic pottery of unknown provenance were discovered in offering pits dating to the 13th century BCE. These vessels comprise six hand-made and black burnished vessels, all of which have close typological parallels in the Nuragic culture of Sardinia. Comparative petrographic investigation confirmed their Sardinian provenance. Other archaeometric analyses includ…
On the effect of organic carbon on rehydroxylation (RHX) dating
Pottery production, early urbanization and the Uruk phenomenon at Tell Brak in Upper Mesopotamia
Tell Brak is one of the largest sites in Upper Mesopotamia, where urbanism and social complexity already emerged in the late 5th and early 4th millennia BCE. This paper combines ceramic petrography and trace element analyses to examine how these changes impacted pottery production and regional trade. The results indicate that paste preparation modes, unlike shaping procedures, remained unaffected by urbanization, with paste recipes showing no lin…
Neutron activation analysis in Mediterranean Archaeology
This paper, jointly written by participants of a workshop held in 2021, argues for an increased recognition and application of neutron activation analysis (NAA) in the archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean. Discussing the methodological strengths and challenges, it highlights the great potential NAA has for collecting proxy data from ceramics in order to develop progressive concepts of archaeological research within and beyond the Mediterranea…
Production and distribution of White Ware towards the end of Late Bronze Age in Greece
Imported pottery at the cemetery of Perati in light of the current results of Neutron Activation Analysis
Production centers of cooking pots in Iron Age Judah
This paper will present and discuss a multifaceted research project dealing with the production of cooking pots during the Iron Age II (ca. 1,000–586 BCE) Judah (modern Israel). In particular the new compositional analysis of 541 cooking vessels from 11 sites in Iron Age Judah will be presented. The study employs petrographic and chemical (NAA) analysis. The results of this ongoing research have already produced interesting information about prod…
Back to Naṣbeh
Philistine Bichrome pottery is one of the most important, well‐known, and easily identifiable features of the Philistine material culture of the early Iron Age (ca. 1,200–1,000 BCE) in the southern Levant. The Philistines were probably a group of immigrants from the Aegean region and Cyprus arriving at several sites in the southern coastal plains of Palestine. More than 25 years ago, results from Neutron Activation of several Philistine Bichrome …
New light on old pumice
The influence of different tempers on the composition of pottery
Chemical Composition by Neutron Activation Analysis (Inaa) of Neo-Assyrian Palace Ware from Iraq, Syria and Israel
Neo-Assyrian Palace Ware is an 8th-7th century B.C.E. fine-ware which originated in Northern Mesopotamia and spread throughout the greater Levant. The mechanism by which Palace Ware moved across the Neo-Assyrian imperial landscape (trade or local imitation/emulation) is of great archaeological interest. This dataset provides chemical compositional data, generated using instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA), for Palace Ware vessels from …
On the effect of organic carbon on rehydroxylation (RHX) dating
The successful 'recipe' for a long-lasting tradition
Technological variability in foragers’ pottery productions at the early-mid Holocene site of Sphinx, western part of Jebel Sabaloka, Sudan
Cyprus and Sardinia in the Late Bronze Age
In the course of the Swedish excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus, table ware and domestic pottery of unknown provenance were discovered in offering pits dating to the 13th century BCE. These vessels comprise six hand-made and black burnished vessels, all of which have close typological parallels in the Nuragic culture of Sardinia. Comparative petrographic investigation confirmed their Sardinian provenance. Other archaeometric analyses includ…
Petrographic and neutron activation analysis of Late Iron Age amphorae from the south western Iberian Peninsula
Back to Naṣbeh
Philistine Bichrome pottery is one of the most important, well‐known, and easily identifiable features of the Philistine material culture of the early Iron Age (ca. 1,200–1,000 BCE) in the southern Levant. The Philistines were probably a group of immigrants from the Aegean region and Cyprus arriving at several sites in the southern coastal plains of Palestine. More than 25 years ago, results from Neutron Activation of several Philistine Bichrome …
Provenancing of pottery from Kamuiyaki Site in East Asia by neutron activation analysis
A set of 20 vessels was selected from the Japanese National Historical Site ‘Kamuiyaki Kiln Site Cluster’. Selection was performed with explicit archaeological problems and the potential of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) in mind. The set was analysed by INAA and subsequent statistical data analysis adapted to the specific problems of ceramics and applied for the first time in Kamuiyaki. Chemical fingerprinting allowed the a prior…
Looking for Ephesian workshops
In this pilot study, Late Hellenistic mold-made lamps from Ephesos are investigated by combining chrono-morphological and stylistic features with thin-section petrography and neutron activation analysis. Coeval wares of Ephesian production and clay samples collected around the site as well as published data from the Bonn database are considered local reference material. The results point to a network of local/regional workshops sharing facilities…
Mirroring Mediterraneanization
With a total of 162 samples, one of the most extensive NAA sample series from one single inland settlement in Archaic Sicily is now available to address long debated issues about the impact of the so called ‘Greek Colonization’ on local pottery production. In a previous series, a wide range of wares manufactured on site could be determined, ranging from traditional style incised and stamped vessels via matt painted ceramics of regional style to G…
Production and distribution of White Ware towards the end of Late Bronze Age in Greece
Imported pottery at the cemetery of Perati in light of the current results of Neutron Activation Analysis
Regional and interregional networks of ancient Eleon during the early 12th century BCE as seen from the petrographic and neutron activation analyses of pottery
In this article, we present the results of application of petrographic and neutron activation analyses to a group of pottery fragments dating to the 12th century BCE deriving from ancient Eleon (Boeotia, Greece) as a means of investigating regional and interregional networks in which the site participated. Production centres in Boeotia and central Euboea provided, as could be expected, the majority of sampled pottery across various shapes. A numb…
Production centers of cooking pots in Iron Age Judah
This paper will present and discuss a multifaceted research project dealing with the production of cooking pots during the Iron Age II (ca. 1,000–586 BCE) Judah (modern Israel). In particular the new compositional analysis of 541 cooking vessels from 11 sites in Iron Age Judah will be presented. The study employs petrographic and chemical (NAA) analysis. The results of this ongoing research have already produced interesting information about prod…
Neutron activation analysis in Mediterranean Archaeology
This paper, jointly written by participants of a workshop held in 2021, argues for an increased recognition and application of neutron activation analysis (NAA) in the archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean. Discussing the methodological strengths and challenges, it highlights the great potential NAA has for collecting proxy data from ceramics in order to develop progressive concepts of archaeological research within and beyond the Mediterranea…
From the hills to the sea
This paper presents the results of a multidisciplinary approach characterizing roof tiles excavated at the Ashdod-Yam Byzantine church (Israel). Occupied from the late fourth/early fifth century CE, the building was destroyed by fire toward the end of the sixth century CE, sealed by tiles from the roof's collapse. The assemblage of 3846 roof tiles was initially classified through macroscopic and typological analysis. Selected samples were further…
Greek Commodities in Phoenicia
This paper examines transport amphorae of Greek/Aegean types from the 7th–4th c. BCE imported to the Phoenician coastal settlement of Tell el‐Burak, Lebanon. We present a selection of 58 pieces analyzed by typological, chemical (NAA), and petrographic approaches. These approaches complement each other to suggest provenances and thus reveal complex interregional connections: the Phoenician homeland apparently imported not only finewares but also c…
From Pottery Provenance to Multiscale Diachronic Connectivity at Middle Bronze Age Mitrou, Greece
This study employs neutron activation analysis (NAA) to examine pottery from Middle Bronze Age (MBA) ( c. 2200–1700 bc ) Mitrou in East Lokris, central Greece. The analysis of 112 samples from all ceramic phases reveals complex patterns of production and exchange at multiple scales. Limited production of tablewares is evident within the immediate coastscape, contrasting sharply with abundant imports of tableware from other communities (most promi…
Investigating the earliest Bronze Age contacts between Sicily and the Levant
A pottery fragment found in a 14th-century BCE context on the tell of Beirut belongs to a vessel of the Thapsos type imported from Sicily and represents the earliest known Bronze Age Sicilian product that reached the Levantine coast. Employing petrography and neutron activation analysis, we analyzed typological parallels for that vessel from southeastern Sicily in order to determine its exact provenance region. The wider area of Syracuse is known…
Pottery production, early urbanization and the Uruk phenomenon at Tell Brak in Upper Mesopotamia
Tell Brak is one of the largest sites in Upper Mesopotamia, where urbanism and social complexity already emerged in the late 5th and early 4th millennia BCE. This paper combines ceramic petrography and trace element analyses to examine how these changes impacted pottery production and regional trade. The results indicate that paste preparation modes, unlike shaping procedures, remained unaffected by urbanization, with paste recipes showing no lin…
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