Essays about: "Khirbat Iskandar"

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  1. 1. Symbols in Clay : A Study of Early Bronze IV Potter's Marks from the Amman-Zarqa Region in Transjordan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Rikke Wulff Krabbenhöft; [2010]
    Keywords : potter s marks; Transjordan; Early Bronze Age; Family AZ pottery; tombs; production; Amman-Zarqa; Khirbat Iskandar; Tall Iktanu; Tall al- Umayri area; pottery exchange; depositional patterns; EB IV;

    Abstract : The present work examines the taxonomy and function of potters’ marks applied to pottery in the Amman-Zarqa region during the last phase of the Early Bronze Age, the so-called EB IV ca. 2350/2300–2000 BC. The study is anchored in a small data set gathered from 12 archaeological sites, in which 24 different mark types have been identified. READ MORE