On the Origin of Iron Age Phoenician Ceramics at Kommos, Crete: Regional and Diachronic Perspectives across the Bronze Age to Iron Age Transition

Gilboa, Ayelet; Waiman-Barak, Paula; Jones, Rodney W.

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“…Recent publications have revisited EIA pottery from Kommos. This includes an analytical project on the Phoenician transport amphorae (Gilboa, Waiman-Barak and Jones 2015) and a new interpretation of a local seventh-century BC cup, which carries the most complex and multifigured scene on any Cretan ceramic vessel to date (Kotsonas 2019b).…”

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6 Crete: Early Iron Age to Classical

Kotsonas¹

2022

Arch. Rep.

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This review covers recent archaeological work on Early Iron Age to Classical Crete, focusing on research conducted and published in the 2010s. Proceeding from the west to the east part of the island, and encompassing material ranging from the 12th to the mid-fourth century BC, this study finds that, overall, the field is flourishing, despite the challenges created by the international financial crisis and the constraints posed by the global pandemic. In the last decade, the major archaeological projects which focus on Crete for the period under examination continued with their fieldwork and finds research, while new projects were also established. Additionally, as many as eight archaeological museums were opened, reopened, or are about to open. Nevertheless, final publication of large bodies of Cretan material from the period in question remain scarce, a condition which is more severe on the western half of the island. Notwithstanding its floruit, research on Early Iron Age to Classical Crete is often treated as relatively marginal, and – arguably – rather inconsequential to the grand narratives of Greek history, and art and archaeology. This paper traces the roots of this problem and shows that current work on the archaeology of Early Iron Age to Classical Crete has full potential for revolutionizing the largely Athenocentric paradigm which still pervades the study of ancient Greece.

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Section: Heraklion District (Map 62)mentioning

confidence: 99%

6 Crete: Early Iron Age to Classical

Kotsonas¹

2022

Arch. Rep.

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“…Therefore, we will organize the research conducted into thematic and methodological groups. In addition to Goren and Porat, several recent authors have been notably prolific in this regard, and alongside the now traditional production of short reports, have used ceramic analysis to address significant cultural questions (Ben-Shlomo 2006;Boness et al 2015;Cohen-Weinberger and Goren 2004;Cohen-Weinberger et al 2017;Gilboa et al 2015;Iserlis 2009;Iserlis et al 2015;Maeir et al 2019;Waiman-Barak et al 2014). However, it is worth stating that despite great interest in petrography, the vast majority of research has been published by a relatively small number of scholars.…”

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“…Ceramic projects utilizing SEM-EDS, ICP-AES and -MS, labbased XRF, portable -XRF ( pXRF) or other forms of elemental analysis are still relatively rare in the Levant, though increasing rapidly (Badreshany 2013;Badreshany et al 2020;Bettles 2003;Burton et al 2018;Frahm 2018;Iserlis et al 2019;Kennedy et al 2020;Schmitt et al 2018). A number of earlier works utilized NAA and PIXE/PIGME (Esse and Hopke 1986;McGovern 2000); as have some more recent projects (Gilboa et al 2015;Zuckermann et al 2010) (see Sowada 2009 for a comprehensive overview). This list is not meant to be exhaustive, but seeks to cover key studies, and give a sense of the range of techniques applied.…”

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Ceramic studies and petrographic analysis in Levantine archaeology, the limitations of current approaches

Badreshany

Gibbons

2020

Levant

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By way of an introduction to this volume, we look to provide a brief review of recent approaches to ceramic studies in Levantine archaeology, and to the way that the results of laboratory-based investigations have been integrated within these. As we are interested in using ceramic data to address questions that extend beyond single-site studies, we pay particular attention to the information potential offered by the large-scale integration of ceramic and petrographic data from multiple archaeological projects. We will begin by highlighting some of the weaknesses of traditional approaches to pottery in Levantine archaeology and how these have continued to limit the interpretive potential of ceramic data. The strengths and weaknesses of petrographic research in the region to date will be discussed, and observations made regarding the use of petrography and geochemistry to address wider issues. The question of how new approaches, and the large-scale integration of ceramic data, might be used to address key social and economic questions in Levantine archaeology will form the subject of the concluding paper of this volume.

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“…Over the course of the century, Levantine peoples gradually took center stage in these connections that crossed the entire Mediterranean and moved large quantities of people, products, practices, and technologies. Archaeological and textual evidence indicates that the polities located in the south of present-day Lebanonsuch as Sidon, Akko, and especially Tyrehad a hegemonic role in the management of this incipient sea connection (Gilboa et al 2015;.…”

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Archaeology of the Phoenician Colonies

Hervás¹

2020

Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology

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On the Origin of Iron Age Phoenician Ceramics at Kommos, Crete: Regional and Diachronic Perspectives across the Bronze Age to Iron Age Transition

Cited by 23 publications

References 48 publications

6 Crete: Early Iron Age to Classical

6 Crete: Early Iron Age to Classical

Ceramic studies and petrographic analysis in Levantine archaeology, the limitations of current approaches

Archaeology of the Phoenician Colonies

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