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New evidence for specialised ceramic production and exchange in the southeast Arabian Iron Age
Author(s) -
MAGEE PETER,
GRAVE PETER,
ALTIKRITI WALID YASIN,
BARBETTI MIKE,
YU ZHAO,
BAILEY GRAHAME
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0471.1998.tb00119.x
Subject(s) - ceramic , archaeology , iron age , archaeological evidence , geography , geology , metallurgy , materials science
Results from a programme of PIXE‐PIGME analysis of Iron Age ceramics from southeastern Arabia are presented. Compositional analysis indicates the existence of two discrete Iron Age II ceramic assemblages. A combination of geological and archaeological evidence suggests that one of these was produced in the inland oasis of al‐Ain. Geological evidence in combination with previously published data on the elemental composition of southeast Iranian ceramics suggests Iran as a possible source for the other group.