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Virtual Karak Resources Project - VKRP
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James H. Pace
Elon University

Bibliography

Amiran, Ruth

1969 Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land from Its Beginnings in the Neolithic Period to the End of the Iron Age. Jerusalem: Massada. Though becoming dated, this has been the sourcebook of Near Eastern ceramics experts for years.

Borowski, Oded

1988 "Ceramic Dating." Pp. 223-233 in Benchmarks in Time and Culture, ed. Joel F. Drinkard, Jr., Gerald L. Mattingly, and J. Maxwell Miller. Atlanta: Scholars Press. A good, concise summary along with other readable articles on various aspects of Middle Eastern archaeology.

Hendrix, Ralph E., Drey, Philip R., and Storfjell, J. Bjornar

1996 Ancient Pottery of Transjordan: An Introduction Utilizing Published Whole Forms, Late Neolithic through Islamic. Berrien Springs, MI: Institute of Archaeology/Horn Archaeological Museum Andrews University. Contains an excellent glossary, describes archaeological periods and pottery forms with helpful illustrations

Lapp, Nancy 

1992 "Pottery." Pp. 428-444 in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Volume 5, ed. David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday. A detailed survey of the subject that should be read by anyone interested in the pottery of the land of the Bible.

London, Gloria Anne

1997 "Ceramics." Pp. 450-479 in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East, Volume 1, ed. Eric M. Meyers. New York: Oxford. Seven separate articles on the technology and history of ceramics by foremost authorities.

Magness, Jodi

2000 "Pottery." Pp. 1072-1075 in Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, ed. David Noel Freedman. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans. Another good survey by a respected authority in the field.

 

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