Tell Atchana RL-2 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tell Atchana RL-2

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Context Information

Site Name

Alalakh, Tel Atchana

Date

1500 - 1300 BCE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

Period

Late Bronze Age

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bottle

Shape Type

Spindle bottle

Fabric Description

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Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

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Tell Atchana RL-2

Bottle

Alalakh

1500 - 1300 BCE

Late Bronze Age

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Late Bronze Age Red Lustrous Wheelmade wares (RLW)

c. 1550-1200 BCE

Late Bronze Age

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Associated Petrofabric

Turkey/Rough Cilicia/red clay/metamorphic rocks, quartz and micritic limestone

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Kibaroğlu, Mustafa; Kozal, Ekin; Klügel, Andreas; Hartmann, Gerald; Monien, Patrick. "New evidence on the provenance of Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware (RLW): Petrographic, elemental and Sr-Nd isotope analysis" Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 24 (2019), 412-433 , Table 4.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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