Taxel, I. 2012. Pottery, II. Strata III-I: The Byzantine, Early Islamic and Mamluk/Ottoman Periods. In: Fischer, M. Horvat Mesad: A Way-Station on the Jaffa-Jerusalem Road (Monograph Series of the Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, No. 30). Tel Aviv. Pp. 135-152. (original) (raw)

Tiberias, Aviv Hotel: Domestic and Industrial Pottery from the Abbasid and Crusader Periods

'Atiqot, 2018

This article presents the pottery from the Abbasid and Crusader periods uncovered in Area B of the Aviv Hotel excavations in Tiberias. The site is situated in the midst of the Abbasid town, but outside the walled city of the Crusader period. The Abbasid-period assemblage consists of types well-known in Tiberias. Noteworthy is the inscribed glazed bowl, which seems to be a local imitation of Coptic Glazed Ware. The presence of a ceramic waster in this context reinforces other evidence cited above of pottery production in Tiberias during this period. The pottery from the Crusader period is of great interest for a number of reasons: (1) it seems to be dated to a short timespan; (2) it is one of the first well-dated pottery assemblages to be published from Tiberias and from a non-Mediterranean coastal site in general; (3) it was found in an area that seems to be outside the Crusader city walls; and (4) it was uncovered in association with sugar production. In addition, a rare find of a Byzantine broad-incised sgraffito glazed bowl with an incised design of a warrior was found as well, and is extensively discussed here, and compared to similar finds from Greece. .

Finkelstein, I. and Zimhoni, O. 2000. The Pottery from the Late Bronze Age Gate, In Finkelstein, I. Ussishkin, D. and Halpern, B. (eds.), Megiddo III: The 1992-1996 Season, Tel Aviv: 223-243.

2000

chambers and the entryway joined to form restorable vessels. The assemblage represents the last days of activity in the structure, during which time the gate was blocked and used for domestic purposes. THE POTTERY OF STRATA VIII-VIA (University of Chicago Expedition) It is essential to establish the date of the assemblage in relation to the University of Chicago Expedition stratigraphy, since the material originates from a structure which is part of the much larger Late Bronze palace complex. Two major difficulties hamper any attempt to evaluate the pottery published in Loud 1948. First, sherds and badly broken vessels, excluding exceptional items, were not recorded. Therefore, the quantitative aspect of the pottery cannot be properly analyzed; nor can one be confident about typology, especially the significance of the negative evidence, i.e., the absence of a given type from an assemblage. Second, due to the Oriental Institute excavators' methodology-especially the fact that work was conducted in large areas without the retention of baulks or the recording of sections-the stratigraphic accuracy of certain sectors is dubious. Further, published pottery originated from both tombs and building remains. In the case of the former, it is generally difficult, if at all possible, to establish a tomb's original association with architectural remains, i.e., with the mound's strata (contra Kenyon 1969; Gonen 1987). In the case of the latter, many of the loci are unreliable, since they are located between buildings or in remains of structures with no floors. The study of the gate assemblage and the isolation of pottery from safe loci of Strata VIII-VIlA were initiated by Orna Zimhoni. After her untimely death in December 1996, the study was completed and this paper written by Israel Finkelstein, with the assistance of Adi Kafri. 2 The 1992 excavation season at the Late Bronze gate was carried out before the formulation of the Megiddo Expedition registration system in 1994; hence the difference between the locus/bucket numbers here and in the other chapters of this volume. 223

Pottery of the Crusader, Ayyubid, and Mamluk Periods in Israel (IAA Reports 26)

2005

"In September 2005 the IAA Reports series introduced a new book, POTTERY OF THE CRUSADER, AYYUBID, AND MAMLUK PERIODS IN ISRAEL. This book, designed as an easy-to-use catalogue, is a first attempt to collect and distinguish pottery of these periods.In the modern state of Israel a considerable number of sites with strata from the Crusader, Ayyubid, and Mamluk periods have been excavated throughout the last years. These sites yielded a wealth of ceramic mateĀ­rial that is thus far not well known. POTTERY OF THE CRUSADER, AYYUBID, AND MAMLUK PERIODS IN ISRAEL was written in order to fill this lacuna. It presents an up-to-date survey of pottery from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries excavated in Israel through 2004. It is organized as a wide-ranging typology that includes the necessary scientific apparatus, 53 pottery figures illustrating the various types, and 34 color plates that vividly demonstrate the colors of the clay, glazes and decorations. The catalogue is divided into three part: Part I presents the glazed table wares, comprised largely of glazed bowls, and less of closed glazed vessels. There is a wide range of locally produced wares, as well as wares imported from Egypt, Syria, Byzantium, Italy, Spain, and North Africa, and China. Part II deals with simple, mostly unglazed, domestic and industrial wares, as well as glazed cooking wares. Part III discusses the common oil lamps. The initial aim of the book is to assist the field archaeĀ­ologist in pottery sorting, as well as to help the interested ceramic specialists, students and readers in identifying and dating the various types. The book is dedicated to the memory of Amir Drori (1937-2005), who was the founder and first director of the Israel Antiquities Authority (1989-2000)."