A History of Pottery and Potters in Ancient Jerusalem - Excavations by K.M. Kenyon in Jerusalem 1961-1967 - H. J. Franken †
Theory and Practice of Ceramic Studies in Archeology
A History of Pottery and Potters in Ancient Jerusalem - Excavations by K.M. Kenyon in Jerusalem 1961-1967 - H. J. Franken †
H. J. Franken † [+]
H. J. Franken, who died in 2005, was Emeritus Professor at the State University Leiden, The Netherlands, and the author of Excavations at Tell Deir 'Alla: The Late Bronze Sanctuary (Louvain, 1992) and of numerous articles on Near Eastern archaeology.
Description
This chapter critically examines the value of pottery typologies as used in the dating of archaeological finds, and attempts to show that pottery from ancient cultures deserves a study for its own sake and value. The chapter discusses the idea of explanation, "Hume's problem", the typological system in Near Eastern Archaeology, as well as the Idea of identity of forms and their synchronous development. It is also concerned with archaeometry and provides some examples of Explanation in Pottery Studies.