Abstract
In several periods between the Middle Bronze Age and the Umayyad period, Yavne was a major center of pottery production in the southern coastal plain of the Levant. The location of the site next to Naḥal Soreq, where replenishable clay sources were easily accessible, was a significant factor in the development of the large-scale ceramic industry. The almost 100 updraft kilns from several periods exposed in the extensive excavations carried out at Yavne, and the kilns uncovered at other sites in the southern coastal plain, enable tracing the development of kiln technology and the continuity of pottery production in the region. The case study of the Yavne kilns sheds light on the development of kiln design and technology in the southern coastal plain and the adjacent Shephelah region, providing a broader understanding of the ceramic industry in the different periods.
Keywords
updraft kilns, pottery production, geomorphology, wine trade
Recommended Citation
Nadav-Ziv, Liat and Seligman, Jon
(2025)
"A Major Pottery-Production Center at Yavne, Israel,"
'Atiqot: Vol. 118, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.2321
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol118/iss1/9
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