A. Schmit
Insights into the economic organization of the Phoenician homeland: a multidisciplinary investigation of the later Iron Age II and Persian period Phoenician amphorae from Tell el-Burak
Schmit, A.; Badreshany, K.; Tachatou, E.; Sader, H.
Abstract
This paper details the results of a large-scale multi-disciplinary analysis of Iron Age pottery from a settlement in the core of the Phoenician homeland. The research presented is centred upon a large corpus of Phoenician carinated-shoulder amphorae (CSA) from the later Iron Age II and Persian period contexts at the coastal site of Tell el-Burak. Traditional typological investigations are combined with a focused archaeometric approach including a new quantitative method for the morphometric analysis of amphorae, thin-section petrography, geochemistry and organic residue analyses, aimed at gaining a more detailed understanding of the organization of the Phoenician economy. Despite gradual, but marked typological changes, very little change in the fabrics of these amphorae was noted over the 400-year Iron Age occupation of the site. The research, thus, demonstrates that the production of Iron Age amphorae from Tell el-Burak was highly organized, and was undertaken by long-lived, sustained and centralized modes. The establishment of Tell el-Burak and this new pottery industry coincides with the proliferation of the world’s first great imperial powers, the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian and Persian empires; the outcomes of this research provide new insights into socio-economic strategies adopted in the Phoenician homeland during this pivotal time.
Citation
Schmit, A., Badreshany, K., Tachatou, E., & Sader, H. (2018). Insights into the economic organization of the Phoenician homeland: a multidisciplinary investigation of the later Iron Age II and Persian period Phoenician amphorae from Tell el-Burak. Levant, 50(1), 52-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2018.1547004
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 11, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 24, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2018 |
Deposit Date | Sep 14, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Levant |
Print ISSN | 0075-8914 |
Electronic ISSN | 1756-3801 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 52-90 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2018.1547004 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Levant on 24 January 2019 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00758914.2018.1547004
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