Tracking the Cooking Pot à la stéatite

Signs of Cyprus in Iron Age Syria

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ID4754583
AuthorsKathleen Birney, Kathleen J Birney (0000-0002-5226-1072, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume112
Issue4
Pages565-580
Publication date2008-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3764/aja.112.4.565
OpenAlexW2313525394
LanguageFR
Citations received5
References cited10

The cooking pot à la stéatite first appears at sites along the Syrian coast in the 12th century. Until recently, these cooking pots were considered an essentially Iron I coastal phenomenon with a few isolated appearances inland. New research indicates that these cooking pots can actually be tracked throughout Iron I and II as they penetrated inland Syria by way of the Orontes River, ultimately to become one of the dominant cooking pot forms of the later Iron Age. Both technological and stylistic elements of even the earliest variants show a strong relationship with Cypriot cooking wares; moreover, its distribution is largely consistent with the distribution of locally produced Mycenaean-style pottery in Syria. This study explores the Aegean relationships of the cooking pot à la stéatite and addresses the question of the Sea Peoples and Cypriot immigrants in Iron Age Syria

Ancient history · Archaeology · Distribution (mathematics) · Geography · Iron Age · Middle East · Pottery · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History

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