Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Kiln sites of the fourteenth–twentieth-century Julfar ware pottery industry in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE

Mitsuishi, G.; Kennet, D.

Kiln sites of the fourteenth–twentieth-century Julfar ware pottery industry in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE Thumbnail


Authors

G. Mitsuishi



Abstract

This paper presents a summary of the results of a study of four kiln sites of Julfar ware, a coarse ware that was produced in the Shimal area of Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) close to the historical site of Julfar between the fourteenth and twentieth centuries. The paper presents and analyses surface assemblages of pottery that were collected from each of the kiln sites. The kiln sites are described and an outline of the typology that was developed to catalogue the ceramic assemblage is presented. A seriation of the assemblage demonstrates a relative chronology of the four sites that can be linked to an absolute chronology using external data. Using the range of types at each kiln site as a proxy for the intensity of production suggests a peak of production in the fifteenth to sixteenth century contemporary with the main phase of occupation at historic Julfar, and contemporary with the widest distribution of Julfar ware around the western Indian Ocean. Analysis of the coefficient of variation of rim diameters from the most common types from three of the sites suggests related changes in the organization of production.

Citation

Mitsuishi, G., & Kennet, D. (2013). Kiln sites of the fourteenth–twentieth-century Julfar ware pottery industry in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE.

Conference Name 46th Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
Conference Location London
Acceptance Date Jan 1, 2013
Publication Date Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date Sep 19, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Volume 43
Pages 225-238
Series ISSN 0308-8421
Publisher URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/43782881

Files





You might also like



Downloadable Citations