Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Archaeological Science in the Arabian Gulf: A Study of Bronze Age Pottery from Kuwait Using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF)
The Dilmun civilization appeared in the Mesopotamian sources as a land of Eden and a supplier of ivory, copper, pearls, and dates whose boats reached Ur ports. After the collapse of the Akkadian power in the second half of the third millennium BC, Dilmun underwent some notable changes in different aspects of life. The presence of planned residential settlements with notable architectural features and numerous burial complexes and “Royal Mounds” in Bahrain marked great economic growth and sociopolitical development in the early second millennium BC, suggesting the emergence of a stratified social hierarchy.
Furthermore, these changes suggest that a centralized administration existed that controlled this growth through various means. Thus, this inquiry seeks to explore whether the distribution of Barbar wares was one of the mechanisms used to control the economic growth of the Dilmun trade network. Also, this study seeks to explore whether a connection between the presence of nonlocal wares and far-distance staples in elite contexts on Failaka Island can be used to infer the pronouncement of status, power, and prestige.
A nondestructive portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer was utilized to examine the chemical composition of 304 ceramic sherds and clay samples along with petrographic thin-section analysis, as a complementary tool to investigate the mineralogical composition of Dilmun wares and nonlocal pottery of the first third of the second millennium BC. Based on seven trace elements (Rb, Ba, Sr, Nb, Y, Z, and Th) obtained from pXRF, the chemical composition of Dilmun pottery was homogenous and was apparently made from a single source and then possibly produced at a centralized location. The results also suggest that Barbar wares were preferred at Dilmun sites while nonlocal materials were controlled and their presence minimized. While specific craft recipes and standardization of Barbar wares could not be established, the preference for raw materials from Bahrain proper could.
Archaeological Science in the Arabian Gulf: A Study of Bronze Age Pottery from Kuwait Using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF)
The Dilmun civilization appeared in the Mesopotamian sources as a land of Eden and a supplier of ivory, copper, pearls, and dates whose boats reached Ur ports. After the collapse of the Akkadian power in the second half of the third millennium BC, Dilmun underwent some notable changes in different aspects of life. The presence of planned residential settlements with notable architectural features and numerous burial complexes and “Royal Mounds” in Bahrain marked great economic growth and sociopolitical development in the early second millennium BC, suggesting the emergence of a stratified social hierarchy.
Furthermore, these changes suggest that a centralized administration existed that controlled this growth through various means. Thus, this inquiry seeks to explore whether the distribution of Barbar wares was one of the mechanisms used to control the economic growth of the Dilmun trade network. Also, this study seeks to explore whether a connection between the presence of nonlocal wares and far-distance staples in elite contexts on Failaka Island can be used to infer the pronouncement of status, power, and prestige.
A nondestructive portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer was utilized to examine the chemical composition of 304 ceramic sherds and clay samples along with petrographic thin-section analysis, as a complementary tool to investigate the mineralogical composition of Dilmun wares and nonlocal pottery of the first third of the second millennium BC. Based on seven trace elements (Rb, Ba, Sr, Nb, Y, Z, and Th) obtained from pXRF, the chemical composition of Dilmun pottery was homogenous and was apparently made from a single source and then possibly produced at a centralized location. The results also suggest that Barbar wares were preferred at Dilmun sites while nonlocal materials were controlled and their presence minimized. While specific craft recipes and standardization of Barbar wares could not be established, the preference for raw materials from Bahrain proper could.
Archaeological Science in the Arabian Gulf: A Study of Bronze Age Pottery from Kuwait Using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF)
Bumajdad, Ali (Herausgeber:in) / Bouhamra, Walid (Herausgeber:in) / Alsayegh, Osamah A. (Herausgeber:in) / Kamal, Hasan A. (Herausgeber:in) / Alhajraf, Salem Falah (Herausgeber:in) / Ashkanani, Hasan J. (Autor:in)
Gulf Conference on Sustainable Built Environment ; Kapitel: 12 ; 185-210
08.04.2020
26 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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