Abstract
A small assemblage of Late Chalcolithic pottery was collected during the excavation at Khirbat el-ʻUmdan, including cornets, pedestalled bowls, spouted vessels, basins, holemouth cooking and storage jars, pithoi, kraters, churns and a fragment of a clay animal figurine. The assemblage compares well, both in morphology and composition, with other Late Chalcolithic assemblages in the northern Negev and the Be’er Sheva‘ Valley. The petrographic analysis of the raw materials indicated a local manufacture within the borders of the Shephelah and the nearby Judean Mountains.
Keywords
Judean Shephelah, typology, chronology, petrography, geology
Recommended Citation
van den Brink, Edwin C.M. and Cohen-Weinberger, Anat
(2021)
"The Late Chalcolithic Pottery Assemblage from Khirbat el-ʻUmdan, Bet Shemesh (pp. 1–17),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 104, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1910
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol104/iss1/3
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