| The Sociology of Pottery in Ancient Palestine: The Ceramic Industry and the Diffusion of Ceramic Style in the Bronze and Iron Ages Contributor(s): Wood, Bryant G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0567129845 ISBN-13: 9780567129840 Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press OUR PRICE: $47.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - General |
| Dewey: 933 |
| Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.50 lbs) 148 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This fundamental study offers a reconstruction of the social world in which pottery was manufactured, distributed and used in ancient Palestine. Part I 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 II argues that ceramic styles were rapidly spread throughout Palestine, primarily by itinerant merchants who sold ordinary household wares over great distances. |