Transitions in ceramics, a critical account and suggested approach: case-study through comparison of the EBA–MBA and MBA–LBA horizons at Qatna

Ceramics, society and economy in the northern Levant

“…Consideration of earlier phases of the Early Bronze Age depends upon data from a series of small soundings, with the deep sounding at Hama, excavated in the 1930s, providing the key sequence. Since then, our knowledge of the EB IV period has been augmented by additional data from Tell Mardikh 2018a;2018b) and sites such as Hama (Mouamar 2017;Vacca et al 2018) Qatna (Besana et al 2008;Iamoni 2014;Maritan et al 2005;Mouamar 2015), Ar-Rawda (Castel et al 2014: 24-40;Babour and Mouamar 2020) and Tell Nebi Mend (Kennedy 2015;Mathias 2000).…”

The EB-MB Transition at Tell Afis: a Reappraisal

“…The reason for resuming the issue here lies in the need for an update in light of the most recently published excavation reports with data from the last excavations in Syria 2007 -2010. It is also in response to the stimulus provided by a number of focused articles on the topic on behalf of scholars directly engaged in the field in the area (inter alii Iamoni 2014;Schwartz 2017;D'Andrea 2018a, b;2019a, b).…”