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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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)740-748
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Archaeological Science
Volume41
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2014

Keywords

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

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