A potter's workshop from Middle Bronze Age Cyprus
New Light on Production Context, Scale and Variability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7658466 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Frankel (0000-0001-5447-8745, La Trobe University), Jennifer M Webb (0000-0001-6960-787X, La Trobe University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 340 |
| Pages | 425-440 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00101097 |
| OpenAlex | W2276811029 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
When fire swept through a workshop at Ambelikou Aletri on Cyprus in the nineteenth or twentieth century BC it brought a sudden halt to pottery production, leaving the latest batch of recently fired vessels. The remains of the kiln and its immediate surroundings provide a rare opportunity to gain direct insight into the technology and organisation of a Middle Bronze Age pottery workshop in the eastern Mediterranean. Analysis of the batch of cutaway-mouthed jugs adjacent to the kiln reveals a level of standardisation focused more on vessel shape than capacity, and shows that at a detailed level, no two jugs were alike. This pottery production site provides vital background for the study of contemporary pottery assemblages on Cyprus and elsewhere in the broader region
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Cartography · Context (archaeology) · Geography · Kiln · Mediterranean climate · Pottery · Scale (ratio) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · History · Law, logistics, and international trade · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |