Ceramics in the Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic B: Evidence from Kfar HaHoresh, Israel

Rebecca Biton; Yuval Goren; A. Nigel Goring-Morris

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2013.10.005

Ceramics in the Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic B: Evidence from Kfar HaHoresh, Israel

Rebecca Biton, Yuval Goren, A. Nigel Goring-Morris

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This paper summarises typological and technological research on a small assemblage of pottery containers recovered at Kfar HaHoresh (KHH), a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site in the Southern Levant. The majority of the sherds belong to a distinguishable fabric, composed of local marl matrix tempered with vegetal material originating from herbivore manure. Based on the scarcity and properties of the sherds, we propose that the pottery containers at KHH were rare vessels possibly produced for personal use or for use by distinctive individuals for very limited purposes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	740-748
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Archaeological Science
Volume	41
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.10.005
State	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ceramics
Kfar HaHoresh
Optical mineralogy (OM)
Petrography
Pottery
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Archaeology
Archaeology

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