On Early Bronze Age Levantine combed vessels: the view from the south

2021/01/02 by Pierre de Miroschedji
Arts and Humanities · #Ancient Near East History #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

paper · doi:10.1080/00758914.2021.1917814

openalex publication_date 2021/01/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25

Abstract

In memory of Jean-Paul ThalmannThis paper presents evidence relating to the Early Bronze Age combed vessels of southern Canaan, based mainly on data from Tel Yarmuth. Neglected in previous studies on ‘Combed Ware’, this evidence confirms that combing should be considered as merely a ‘geste technique’. It further suggests that combing and ‘Metallic Ware’ are two distinct aspects with a different spatial and chronological distribution. The practice of combing emerged during EB II in its original core area of northern Canaan and the central Levant, in a milieu of incipient urbanism. In EB III, it spread to southern Canaan, in a context of growing inter-regional exchanges, and to the northern Levant, in the framework of the development of maritime connections between Egypt, Byblos and Ebla.

Citations

• Chronology of the Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant: New Analysis for a High Chronology
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