A CERAMIC VESSEL OF A RARE SHAPE FROM THE LATE BRONZE AGE IN THE MIDDLE DON REGION

В статье рассматривается сосуд редкой формы эпохи поздней бронзы из погребения 5 кургана 44 могильника Колбино I и предпринимается попытка определения его места среди аналогичных находок столовой посуды. Отличительные черты сосуда: квадратная в плане форма, плоское дно, вертикальные стенки, орнамент по верхнему срезу, налепные выступы-ручки. С целью выяснения возникновения и динамики развития подобной формы сосудов привлечены более ранние (начиная с неолита), синхронные и поздние свидетельства керамического производства. Рассмотренные данные свидетельствуют об особой роли, которую играли данные сосуды в обрядовой практике при совершении погребений. Наиболее близкие аналогии как отдельным элементам, так и их сочетанию прослеживаются с находками блюд-подносов из могильников федоровской культуры позднего бронзового века, что является еще одним свидетельством тесных контактов носителей срубной и федоровской традиций. The paper explores a vessel of a rare shape from the Late Bronze Age coming from grave 5, kurgan 44, of the Kolbino I burial ground. The authors make attempts to determine its place among similar finds of tableware. Distinctive features of the vessel include a shape square in the plan, a flat bottom, vertical walls, ornament along the upper edge and molded projecting handles. To clarify the origin and changes over time in development of vessels of the discussed shape, earlier (starting from the Neolithic Age), contemporary and later evidence of ceramic production was used. The examined evidence is indicative of a special role played by these vessels in the funerary rites during arranging burials. The closest analogies regarding both specific elements and their combinations can be traced among platter trays originating from the Fedorovka cemeteries of the Late Bronze Age which is another evidence of close contacts between the Timber-Grave and the Fedorovka traditions.

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CHICKEN OR EGG? RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SILVER AND TINNED CERAMIC VESSEL ASSEMBLAGES

The Annual of the British School at Athens ◽

10.1017/s0068245417000120 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 113 ◽

pp. 75-118

Author(s):

S. Aulsebrook

Keyword(s):

Bronze Age ◽

Late Bronze Age ◽

Special Relationship ◽

Strong Connection ◽

Recent Scholarship ◽

Metal Vessel ◽

Ceramic Vessel ◽

Ceramic Vessels ◽

The 1960S ◽

The Relationship

Since the 1960s, when the existence of tinned ceramic vessels in the Late Bronze Age Aegean was first recognised, our knowledge of this phenomenon and the catalogue of known examples have expanded significantly. Even before the nature of these objects was fully understood, scholars had suggested that their primary purpose was to imitate metal, particularly silver, vessels. Several silver vessel assemblages, including one from the tholos at Kokla, have been singled out for their perceived special relationship with tinned ceramics. However, closer analysis of tinned vessels has suggested that they were less similar to silver vessels than previously thought, especially in terms of their range of forms, details of shape and even colour. Recent scholarship has also emphasised that the concept of imitation is very complex and its investigation requires a more nuanced approach. Yet references to tinned vessels as straightforward imitations of, or even substitutes for, silver vessels remain common. In 2014, an opportunity arose to examine the Kokla silver vessels in greater detail. A strong connection between the Kokla group and tinned vessels is evident, although this does not mean that the latter depended upon assemblages such as the former for inspiration. The unique features of the Kokla group suggest it may have been a local innovation to emulate the usage of tinned vessels while simultaneously stressing the higher social status of its users. This paper concludes that situating tinned vessels within the ceramic tradition and thus regarding them as an enhanced form of ceramic, rather than an inferior form of metal vessel, better explains the nature of this phenomenon.

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THE EARLY BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT AND THE GRAVE NEAR THE VILLAGE OF STAROTITAROVSKAYA, THE KRASNODAR REGION AND BURIAL DISCOVERED AT THE SITE

Краткие сообщения Института археологии (КСИА) ◽

10.25681/iaras.0130-2620.255.127-138 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

С.Н. Кореневский ◽

Ш.О. Давудов

Keyword(s):

Bronze Age ◽

Young Woman ◽

Local Population ◽

Mineral Admixture ◽

Early Bronze Age ◽

Flat Bottom ◽

Mineral Inclusions ◽

Krasnodar Region ◽

Funerary Rites ◽

The Village

В статье представлена публикация новых находок эпохи раннего бронзового века на поселении у станицы Старотитаровской Краснодарского края. Культурный слой поселения плохо выражен и нарушен поселением античного времени. К эпохе раннего бронзового века относится обломок каменного топора, кремневая пластина, несколько сосудов с формовочной массой без минеральных примесей и с минеральными примесями. Судя по ним, поселение датируется концом IV тыс. до н. э. Среди форм керамики присутствуют сосуды с круглым и плоским дном. В яме 58 Б расчищены 4 скелета людей: трех мужчин и юной женщины. Эти находки ставят вопрос об особых формах погребальной обрядности у местного населения и их соотнесения с погребальными традициями майкопской культуры. The paper publishes new Early Bronze Age finds excavated at the settlement near the village of Starotitarovskaya in the Krasnodar region. The cultural attribution of the occupation layer of the settlement is not easily identifiable it was strongly disturbed by a settlement dating to the Classical period. A fragment of a stone shaft hole axe, a retouched flint blade and several vessels made from clay tempered with mineral admixture and clay tempered without mineral inclusions were dated to the Early Bronze Age. Based on these finds, the settlement was attributed to the end of the 4th mill. BC. Pottery finds include several vessels with a round and flat bottom. Four skeletons were discovered in pit 58 B: skeletons of three males and a skeleton of one young woman. These finds raise an issue of special forms of funerary rites practiced by the local population and their correlation with funerary traditions of the Majkop culture.

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The Concept of Palestine: The Conception Of Palestine from the Late Bronze Age to the Modern Period

Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies ◽

10.3366/hlps.2016.0140 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 143-202 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nur Masalha

Keyword(s):

Bronze Age ◽

Old Testament ◽

Political Geography ◽

Classical Antiquity ◽

Late Bronze Age ◽

Collective Consciousness ◽

Ancient History ◽

Master Narratives ◽

The Bible ◽

School History

The Concept of Palestine is deeply rooted in the collective consciousness of the indigenous people of Palestine and the multicultural ancient past. The name Palestine is the most commonly used from the Late Bronze Age (from 1300 BCE) onwards. The name Palestine is evident in countless histories, inscriptions, maps and coins from antiquity, medieval and modern Palestine. From the Late Bronze Age onwards the names used for the region, such as Djahi, Retenu and Cana'an, all gave way to the name Palestine. Throughout Classical Antiquity the name Palestine remained the most common and during the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods the concept and political geography of Palestine acquired official administrative status. This article sets out to explain the historical origins of the concept of Palestine and the evolving political geography of the country. It will seek to demonstrate how the name ‘Palestine’ (rather than the term ‘Cana'an’) was most commonly and formally used in ancient history. It argues that the legend of the ‘Israelites’ conquest of Cana'an’ and other master narratives of the Bible evolved across many centuries; they are myth-narratives, not evidence-based accurate history. It further argues that academic and school history curricula should be based on historical facts/empirical evidence/archaeological discoveries – not on master narratives or Old Testament sacred-history and religio-ideological constructs.

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