Plain Pottery Traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East
Production, Use, and Social Significance
Edition number: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Date of Publication: 16 February 2023
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Product details:
ISBN13: | 9781629580913 |
ISBN10: | 16295809111 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 258 pages |
Size: | 229x152 mm |
Weight: | 380 g |
Language: | English |
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Short description:
This volume reevaluates the role and social significance of plain pottery traditions in a range of early complex societies of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean from both historically specific perspectives and from a comparative point of view.
Long description:
The evolution and proliferation of plain and predominantly wheel-made pottery presents a characteristic feature of the societies of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean since the fourth millennium B.C. This plain pottery has received little detailed archaeological attention in comparison to aesthetically more pleasing and chronologically sensitive decorated traditions. Yet, their simplicity and standardization suggest they are products of craft specialists, the result of high-volume production, and therefore important in understanding the social systems in early complex societies. This volume-reevaluates the role and significance of plain pottery traditions from both historically specific perspectives and from a comparative point of view;-examines the uses and functions of this pottery in relation to social negotiation and group identity formation;-helps scholars understand cross-regional similarities in development and use.
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Plain Pottery Traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East: Production, Use, and Social Significance