A provenance study of Mycenaean pottery from Northern Israel

作者：Zuckerman Sharon^*; Ben Shlomo David; Mountjoy Penelope A; Mommsen Hans

来源：Journal of Archaeological Science, 2010, 37(2): 409-416.

DOI：10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.005

• Mycenaean pottery
• Southern Levant
• Late Bronze Age Mediterranean trade
• Neutron Activation Analysis
• Mycenae/Berbati workshop

The occurrence of imported Mycenaean pottery in the Late Bronze Age southern Levant is one of the most conspicuous aspects of Eastern Mediterranean trade connections during this period. A group of 183 Mycenaean pottery vessels from 14 sites in northern Israel, from both coastal and inland settlement contexts were analyzed by Neutron Activation Analysis. The results indicate that the vast majority of these vessels have a similar profile and can be provenanced to the north-eastern Peloponnese or more specifically, to the Mycenae/Berbati workshop in the Argolid. Possible interpretations of these results are presented and discussed against the historical and cultural background of the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean.

• 出版日期2010-2