Sociology of Pottery in Ancient Palestine: The Ceramic Industry and the Diffusion of Ceramic Style in the Bronze and Iron Ages

by Bryant G. Wood

Publisher:

Sheffield Academic Press

, 1990

Overview

This fundamental study offers a reconstruction of the social world in which pottery was manufactured, distributed, and used in ancient Palestine. Part one concludes that ceramic wares in the Bronze and Iron Ages were mass-produced for commercial sale by small workshops, probably family owned and operated. The technological level was high, with potters’ wheels and permanent kilns being used. Part two argues that ceramic styles were rapidly spread throughout Palestine, primarily by itinerant merchants who sold ordinary household wares over great distances.

Key Features

• Includes citations from various scholars, historians, and archeologists
• All references to the Old Testament are linked to original language texts and English translations in your library

Product Details

• Title: Sociology of Pottery in Ancient Palestine: The Ceramic Industry and the Diffusion of Ceramic Style in the Bronze and Iron Ages
• Author: Bryant G. Wood
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Pages: 148

About Bryant G. Wood

Bryan G. Wood received an M.A. in biblical history from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Syro-Palestinian archaeology from the University of Toronto in 1985. He is currently the editor of the Bible and Spade and director of the Associates for Biblical Research. He is best known for his research on Jericho.