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1 online resource (x, 396 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The emergence of pottery in Upper Mesopotamia: Olivier Nieuwenhuyse; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The adoption of pottery; 1.3. The development of a mass product; 1.4. Pottery for storage; 1.5. Pots for cooking; 1.6. The role of style; 1.7. About this book; Chapter 2: The excavations at Tell Sabi Abyad: Olivier Nieuwenhuyse; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The stratigraphy of Operation III; 2.3. The Operation III prehistoric building sequence; 2.4. The contextual composition of Operation III. |
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2.5. The excavations at Operations IV and VChapter 3: Analytical procedures: Olivier Nieuwenhuyse; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. The way of the sherds; 3.3. How much pottery?; 3.4. Measuring fragmentation; 3.5. Defining pottery wares; 3.6. Reconstructing vessel shape; 3.7. Estimating vessel volume; 3.8. Deconstructing decoration; Chapter 4: Analysing the prehistoric ceramic wares: Olivier Nieuwenhuyse; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Standard Ware; 4.3. Early Mineral Ware; 4.4. Fine Mineral Tempered Ware; 4.5. Grey-Black Ware; 4.6. Mineral Coarse Ware; 4.7. Dark-Faced Burnished Ware; 4.8. Fine Painted Ware. |
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4.9. Orange Fine Ware4.10. Standard Fine Ware; 4.11. Halaf Fine Ware; 4.12. Late Bronze Age pottery; Catalogue; Chapter 5: Raw materials for early ceramic production at Tell Sabi Abyad: Bonnie Nilhamn, Loe Jacobs and Bram van As; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The microscopic fabric analysis; 5.3. The thin-section analysis; 5.4. Discussion and conclusions; Chapter 6: Plastered ceramics at Tell Sabi Abyad: Olivier Nieuwenhuyse and Ewout Koek; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Plastered Late Neolithic ceramics; 6.3. The typology of plastered Standard Ware; 6.4. Analysing the raw materials. |
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6.5. Discussion and conclusionsChapter 7: The decoration techniques of 'white-slipped-and-painted' Standard Ware: Luc Megens; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Sampling and analytical procedures; 7.3. Results; 7.4. Discussion and conclusions; Chapter 8: Early pottery repairs at Tell Sabi Abyad: Olivier Nieuwenhuyse and Renske Dooijes; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Plaster repairs; 8.3. Perforations and bitumen; 8.4. The introduction of pottery repairs; 8.5. Repairs in context; 8.6. Concluding remarks; Plate section. |
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Chapter 9: Investigating the provenance of the early pottery from Tell Sabi Abyad: Marie Le Mière, Valérie Thirion-Merle and Maurice Picon (9.1. Introduction; 9.2. Analytical procedures and sampling; 9.3. Classifying the Tell Sabi Abyad ceramics by chemical composition; 9.4. Discussing the Tell Sabi Abyad results; 9.5. Comparing Tell Sabi Abyad and Seker al-Aheimar; 9.6. Concluding remarks; Chapter 10: Basketry-impressed pottery from Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad: Koen Berghuijs; 10.1. Introduction; 10.2. Of basketry and pottery; 10.3. The dataset; 10.4. Discussion. |
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10.5. Concluding remarks. |
| Summary |
The prehistoric site of Tell Sabi Abyad lies in the valley of the Balikh River, a tributary of the Euphrates in northern Syria. Between 2001 and 2008 excavations focused on the north-western, western and southwestern slopes of the main mound (Operations III, IV and V). This book presents the results of detailed investigations into the 7th millennium BC ceramic assemblages recovered from those excavations by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. The 7th millennium BC was an era of profound cultural transformations in the ancient Near East. This began with the sustained adoption of pottery c. 7000 cal BC, followed by the slow advance of the new craft as pottery containers became increasingly common. Important social, economic and ritual activities became increasingly dependent on pottery containers. Over the course of the millennium, prehistoric communities began to cook food and drink, store surpluses, and send symbolic messages via the medium of pottery vessels. Tell Sabi Abyad offers a unique vantage point from which to study these innovations. Supported by a strong program of radiocarbon dating, extensive excavations have revealed a lengthy, continuous sequence of prehistoric occupation from the start of the Late Neolithic into the Early Halaf period. Pottery changed dramatically in the course of this long trajectory. Whereas in the initial stages pottery containers were rare, at the end of the sequence they represented a mass-produced craft. Initially ceramic containers were visually conspicuous, occasionally decorated, but masses of relentlessly plain pottery characterize subsequent stages. The book combines detailed discussion of themes relevant to the study of early ceramics in the ancient Near East with extensive analyses of each of the individual wares currently distinguished at the site. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Pottery -- Syria -- Sabi Abyad, Tall.
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Pottery. |
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Syria. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Syria -- Sabi Abyad, Tall.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Sabi Abyad, Tall (Syria) -- Antiquities.
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Electronic books.
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Nieuwenhuyse, Olivier P., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nieuwenhuyse, Olivier P. Relentlessly Plain : Seventh Millennium Ceramics at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. Havertown : Oxbow Books, Limited, ©2018 9781789250848 |
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9781789250879 (electronic book) |
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1789250870 (electronic book) |
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9781789250855 (epub electronic book) |
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1789250854 (electronic book) |
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9781789250848 (hardcover) |
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1789250846 (hardcover) |
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