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3. Humayma, Jordan

5. South Jordanian Desert

6. 110 degrees and still smiling !

7. Before

8. After

9. Humayma Jordan

16. Ceramics in the Field

18. Artifacts – Ceramic Pottery Clay deposits 10,000 years ago Artifact Most frequently found Different vessels for different purposes

19. Potsherds Sherds vs. Shards Diagnostics: potsherds used for analysis Typologies: How was it made and what was it used for? (Shapes Decorations Fabric) Chronology: When was it made? Petrography: Where was it made?

20. Typologies What part of the pot? What kind of pot? What was it used for? How old are the artifacts?

22. Who used it and what did they do with it ? Cooking, storage, eating and drinking How a site or part of a site was used Imported pottery was more expensive –trade goods can indicate affluence –cuisine

24. Profiles Archaeological illistration Front view Black line for the side wall Bisecting line Shows Inside and outside

25. What were these pots used for?

28. Grains and dried goods

32. Body Sherd

33. Diagnostics Handles Rims Collars Bases Body Potter’s marks Uruk Period

35. Sherd Count Handles Rims Collars Bases Body Decorated Sort shapes and count

36. PotSherd Number B 66. IX. 16,113 Dig siteyear excavated grid # artifact # Unmarked Pottery = BZ year excavated

37. Amphora The amphora was a two-handled vase used for storage and transport. Krater "mixing-bowl" used for mixing wine with water. Pithoi Large Storage vessel Jar – flat, pedestal or round bottom with or without handle Cooking Pot Thick rim with rounded base Plate – Bowl Chalice – drinking vessel

39. How Old Are the Sherds? BZ = Eastern Roman Empire 1,700 years old IV = Greek/Persian 2,400 years old VII = Israel 2,700 years old I = Israel (time of King Solomon) 3,000 years old IX = Egyptian (time of Pharaoh Tutankhamun) 3,350 years old

40. Stratigraphy

41. Mesopotamian Ceramics

42. Egyptian Ceramics

43. Canaanite Israelite Bronze Age Lamp Palestine during the Late Bronze Age is contemporary with Egyptian New Kingdom http://www.bu.edu/anep/lamps.html

45. Imported Pottery

46. Bilbils

48. Seriation What came first and in what order did things occur?

49. Greek Black Figure Ware Amphora 540 BCE

50. Painted Pottery Dionysus Holding a Kantharos. –Red-figure –The Berlin Painter c. 490-480 B.C.

53. Dive into History