Ceramics of the Phoenician-Punic World

Collected Essays

edited by C. Sagona

Book cover: Ceramics of the Phoenician-Punic World

Extent: 450 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement Series

Series volume number: 36

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2011)

ISBN: 9789042923799

Price: $119.00

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Ancient ceramics play a significant role in monitoring change, adaption and interaction in ancient cultures. This collection of essays concerns pottery from the homeland sites of Beirut and Tyre, and Phoenician settlements in the west at Carthage, Utica, Lixus and Malta. The contributions reflect a wide range of approaches to the study of ceramics, from the fundamental characteristics of the clay from which vessels were built, the range of ware types in a given location, and the hybridity forged through cultural contact between indigenous and foreign groups. Domestic needs as well as the supply and demand of the market place were driving forces in ancient pottery production.


Ancient ceramics play a significant role in monitoring change, adaption and interaction in ancient cultures. This collection of essays concerns pottery from the homeland sites of Beirut and Tyre, and Phoenician settlements in the west at Carthage, Utica, Lixus and Malta. The contributions reflect a wide range of approaches to the study of ceramics, from the fundamental characteristics of the clay from which vessels were built, the range of ware types in a given location, and the hybridity forged through cultural contact between indigenous and foreign groups. Domestic needs as well as the supply and demand of the market place were driving forces in ancient pottery production.

  • Edited by C Sagona