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Early Ceramic Technologies and Traditions in the Edom Lowlands Region of Southern Jordan: A Diachronic Perspective
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Early Ceramic Technologies and Traditions in the Edom Lowlands Region of Southern Jordan: A Diachronic Perspective
The aim of the present project is to document and study the traditions of ceramic manufacture and use at several previously excavated sites dating from Pottery Neolithic (7th millennium BCE) to the Iron Age (ca. 1200-500 BCE) in the Edom Lowlands region of southern Jordan. By combining macroscopic, petrographic and compositional analytical techniques (pXRF, LA-ICP-MS, SEM-EDS, XRD), the research seeks to investigate whether the composition, provenance of raw materials and technology used to manufacture the ceramics changed over time and to understand the organisation of pottery production in every period. The study also aims to shed light onto the role played by pottery production in the emergence of complex societies in southern Jordan and in the rise and development of copper metallurgical production by including a set of technical ceramics (i.e. crucibles, fragments of furnaces) in the analysis.
The research conducted in the Edom Lowlands region has mainly focused on the study of the development of copper metallurgy during the Bronze and Iron age due to the high intensity of copper metallurgical production attested for both periods. However, the reasons for the rise of metallurgy in this area are still poorly understood. In contrast to archaeometallurgical research, studies of ceramic composition, technology and provenance are scarce and non-existent for some periods.
Therefore, the present study will contribute to increase the current knowledge about the evolution of pottery traditions in the Edom Lowlands region in southern Jordan from the Pottery Neolithic to the Iron age and to better understand trade and exchange patterns and the sociopolitical organisation of these communities in every period.
Funding
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Early Stage Researchers (PlaCe ITN)
Education
BA, Archaeology, University of Barcelona, 2020
MSc, Archaeological Science: Technology and Materials, UCL, 2021
