Tell el-Dab’A XXI
The Cypriot Pottery and its Circulation in the Levant
by Louise C. Maguire
Paperback (Published)
(May 2009)
ISBN: 9783700165859
Price: $106.00
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Since 1966, the remarkable discoveries at Tell el-Dab’a, unearthed by Professor Manfred Bietak have excited archaeologists and Egyptologists worldwide. In reconstructing the history of the site there is clear evidence that Avaris was a major centre of international significance, from its inception to its demise. A testimony to its internationalism in the Middle Bronze Age period is the discovery of relatively large quantities of Cypriot pottery, the largest collection hitherto discovered in Egypt. This publication documents this pottery in light of the discoveries at Tell el-Dab’a and examines the assemblage in the context of the circulation of Cypriot pottery in the Levant. The spectrum of Cypriot wares includes fine examples of the White Painted tradition (eg White Painted Pendent Line Style, Cross Line Style and WP V) as well as Red on Black, Plain Ware and Cypriot Bichrome. This book catalogues the full repertoire of Cypriot wares and comparative material from over 40 sites in the Levant, presenting a new perspective on the circulation of Cypriot pottery in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. It also addresses the wider implications of the use of pottery in establishing chronological frameworks and problems which arise in adhering to the traditional classification systems devised for Cypriot pottery. German description: Seit 1966 haben die einzigartigen Entdeckungen in Tell el-Dabca, die von Professor Manfred Bietak gemacht wurden, bei Archaologen und Agyptologen weltweit fur Begeisterung gesorgt. Aus seiner Rekonstruktion der Geschichte des Fundortes als die Siedlung Avaris, Hauptstadt der Hyksos, geht eindeutig hervor, dass diese Stadt von der Grundung bis zum Niedergang ein wichtiges Zentrum von internationaler Bedeutung war. Der internationale Charakter des Fundortes wahrend der mitteleren Bronzezeit wird unter anderem durch die Entdeckung grosser Mengen von zypriotischer Keramik bezeugt, dem grossten Fundvolumen, das bisher in Agypten erfasst wurde. Vorliegendes Buch legt die Keramik im Zusammenhang mit den Befunden von Tell el-Dabca vor und untersucht das Vorkommen in Bezug auf die Verbreitung der zypriotischen Keramik in der Levante. Das Spektrum der zypriotischen Ware umfasst hervorragende Beispiele der White Painted Ware (z.B. White Painted Pendent Line Style, White Painted Cross Line Style and WP V) sowie Red on Black Ware, Plain Ware and Cypriot Bichrome Ware. Das Buch katalogisiert die gesamte Repertoire der zypriotische Keramik und vergleichbare zypriotische Funde von uber 40 Fundorten in der Levante; es prasentiert eine neue Perspektive hinsichtlich der Verbreitung der zypriotischen Keramik wahrend der Mittel – und Spatbronzezeit. Ferner behandelt es die weltreichenden Implikationend bezuglich der Verwendung der Keramik bei der Festlegung eines chronologischen Systems sowie die Probleme, die im Zusammenhang mit den herkommlichen Klassifizierungssystemen fur zypriotische Keramik entstehen.
- By (author) Louise C Maguire
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