Loading...
Ceramic technology at Wadi Fidan 61, an early pottery Neolithic site (ca. 6500 B.C.E.) in the Faynan region of southern Jordan
Burton, Maggie M. Quinn, Patrick S. Bennallack, Kathleen Farahani, Alan Howland, Matthew D. Najjar, Mohammad Levy, Thomas E.
Burton, Maggie M.
Quinn, Patrick S.
Bennallack, Kathleen
Farahani, Alan
Howland, Matthew D.
Najjar, Mohammad
Levy, Thomas E.
Citations
Altmetric:
Other Names
Location
Time Period
Advisors
Original Date
Digitization Date
Issue Date
2021-05-21
Type
Article
Genre
Keywords
Pottery Neolithic,Southern Jordan,Faynan,Wadi Fidan,Ceramic composition,Ceramic technology,Provenance
Subjects (LCSH)
Citation
Burton, M. M., Quinn, P. S., Bennallack, K., Farahani, A., Howland, M. D., Najjar, M., & Levy, T. E. (2021). Ceramic technology at Wadi Fidan 61, an early pottery Neolithic site (ca. 6500 B.C.E.) in the Faynan region of southern Jordan. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 38, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103029
Abstract
The Faynan region of southern Jordan became a center of industrial-scale metallurgical production during the Bronze and Iron Ages. However, socio-economic developments of the Pottery Neolithic period (ca. 6500-5500 B.C.E.) that helped set the stage for the rise of complex copper-producing societies are not well-understood. In this paper, we focus on ceramic technology at the early Pottery Neolithic site of Wadi Fidan 61 in the western part of the Faynan region. The composition of 38 pottery sherds is characterized using an analytical approach that integrates petrography, instrumental geochemistry and Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). Results indicate six distinct clay recipes and suggest the use of different clay deposits and tempering materials from locations within ca. 5 km of the site. Implications of this compositionally diverse pottery assemblage are considered, possibly linking this initial phase of ceramic production in the Faynan with a kind of foraging-farming economy.
Table of Contents
Description
Highlights
•"Wadi Fidan 61 revealed some of the earliest pottery in Faynan, southern Jordan.
•Compositional analysis provides evidence of six distinct clay recipes.
•Pottery was manufactured from raw materials available within 5 km of the site.
•Compositional diversity may reflect clay collection across a forager-farmer taskscape."
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd.
Journal
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Book Title
Series
Digital Collection
Finding Aid URL
Use and Reproduction
Archival Collection
PubMed ID
ISSN
2352-409X
2352-4103
2352-4103