essay

Stone ware and Ninevite 5: notes on composition and technology of pottery from Tell Brak

Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 194-216

By: Schneider, Gerwulf, Daszkiewicz, Malgorzata.

Abstract
Plain sherds, Ninevite 5 sherds, and Stone Ware sherds from Tell Brak were analyzed using ICP-AES (inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy) and WD-XRF (wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence) in order to obtain information on local and imported products. Sites with chemical analyses of sherds within northern Mesopotamia were compared to Tell Brak to gain understanding of where the imports might have been coming from. More information is needed to fully answer that problem. Only the data that pertain to the Akkadian period (Stone Ware and plain sherds) were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects.
Subjects
Ceramic technology
Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
Internal trade
tradition
Akkadian
HRAF PubDate
2009
Region
Middle East
Sub Region
Middle East
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2008
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
circa 4800-4100 BP(circa 2800 BC-2100 BC)
Coverage Place
Tell Brak, Syria
Notes
Gerwulf Schneider and Malgorzata Daszkiewicz
For bibliographical references see document 13: Oates
LCCN
00303945
LCSH
Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian/Excavations (Archaeology) Iraq/Mitanni (Ancient kingdom)/Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) Antiquities