Roman Galilee Research Articles

Pottery manufacture in early Roman Galilee: a micromorphological study

The characteristics of, and the sources of the soil materials for, pottery groups manufactured in three ancient settlements of early Roman (late first century BC–first century AD) Galilee were studied by micromorphological techniques. The site-specific manufacturing proveniences of the three respective pottery groups have been previously demonstrated by chemical analysis. One of the sites, Kefar Hananya, is located near the geographical boundary between the Upper and Lower Galilee while the other two, Shikhin and Yodefat, are in the Lower Galilee. Each of the settlements made pottery from different soil types. In one case (Yodefat) temper was added to the main soil material. The Kefar Hananya pottery was made from noncalcareous Red Mediterranean soils (Terra-Rossa soil type) derived from hard limestone. Although most of the soils in the Galilee derive from Upper Cretaceous geological formations, the Kefar Hananya pottery was prepared from soils, found near that settlement, that were derived from Lower Cretaceous material rich in the kaolinite clay mineral. Micromorphological analysis of 41 randomly selected samples of the most common early Roman storage jar type thought to have been produced at Shikhin showed that all of the vessels were made from one of three soil types, Colluvial–Alluvial soils, Brown Grumusols, or Pale Rendzina. Study of the lithology and soils in the area of Shikhin showed that all three soil types derive from soil material eroded from the hilly area, on which the ancient settlement of Shikhin was built, into the adjacent valleys below the site. Samples of the Shikhin pottery group collected on the surface, in contrast with excavated samples, exhibit postdepositional carbonate infilling by dissolution and reprecipitation of the carbonates due to repeated exposure to water. No added temper was used for the preparation of either the Kefar Hananya or the Shikhin pottery groups. The Yodefat pottery, made from Rendzinic material rich in calcareous material, is of particular interest. This soil material contains about 70–80% calcareous material homogeneously mixed with the clayey plasma. In order to diminish the effect of the large amount of calcareous material and improve the properties of this raw material for pottery manufacture, leached clayey soil material of Terra-Rossa soil type was added as temper. The micromorphological comparison of the pottery groups and soil materials shows that two main factors influenced the raw-material procurement strategies of the potters of these settlements: the proximity of the soil material to the potters' settlement, and the suitability of the soil material for pottery manufacture.

DETERMINING POTTERY PROVENANCE: APPLICATION OF A NEW HIGH‐PRECISION X‐RAY FLUORESCENCE METHOD AND COMPARISON WITH INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS*

A recently developed high‐precision X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) method, applied for the first time to the study of archaeological pottery, determines the abundances of 13 trace and four major elements from one X‐ray spectrum acquired over a 1000 second counting interval. For replicate archaeological samples, the short‐term and long‐term measurement precisions were close to 1% for the ten elements measured with highest precision. These are comparable to the best results achieved on replicates of clay and pottery standards, and obsidian, using instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). High‐precision XRF analysis, however, does not require a nuclear facility, and is markedly preferable to INAA in terms of the ease of both sample preparation and analytical procedure. Consequently, element abundance data can usually be provided by a single analyst within a few hours after the start of sample preparation. The accuracy of the method, determined by comparison with data of other workers on eight standard reference materials, averaged 2.4% for the ten best‐agreeing elements. The effectiveness of the method for determining pottery provenance is demonstrated for a difficult problem, in which high‐precision XRF analysis successfully distinguished the products of two nearby pottery manufacturers in Roman Galilee (Shikhin and Nahif) that had not been clearly differentiated by INAA. The greater effectiveness of high‐precision XRF than INAA in this provenance study is a result of the different array of elements measured, and the higher precision obtained for certain elements, by XRF. These results suggest that high precision XRF has potential broad applicability for pottery provenance studies.

Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of Mishnah Tractate Babaʾ Meṣiʿa'

Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of Mishnah Tractate Babaʾ Meṣiʿa'

Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of Mishnah Tractate Baba Mesia

Book Review| April 01 1998 Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of Mishnah Tractate Baba˒ Meṣi˓a˒ Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of Mishnah Tractate Baba˒ Meṣi˓a˒ , Hayim Lapin. Michael L. Satlow Michael L. Satlow Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Biblical Literature (1998) 117 (1): 132–134. https://doi.org/10.2307/3266409 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Michael L. Satlow; Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of Mishnah Tractate Baba˒ Meṣi˓a˒. Journal of Biblical Literature 1 January 1998; 117 (1): 132–134. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/3266409 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveSBL PressJournal of Biblical Literature Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.

Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of Mishnah Tractate Baba’ Meṣi‘a’LapinHayim Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of Mishnah Tractate Baba' Meṣi`a' Brown Judaic Studies 307Scholars PressAtlanta, 1995, x, 368, $59.95

Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of Mishnah Tractate Baba’ Meṣi‘a’LapinHayim <i>Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of Mishnah Tractate Baba' Meṣi`a'</i> Brown Judaic Studies 307Scholars PressAtlanta, 1995, x, 368, $59.95

Common Pottery in Roman Galilee: A Study of Local Trade. David Adan-Bayewitz.

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsCommon Pottery in Roman Galilee: A Study of Local Trade. David Adan-Bayewitz.S. Thomas ParkerS. Thomas Parker Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research Volume 299-300August-November 1995The Archaeology of Empire in Ancient Anatolia A journal of the American Schools of Oriental Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/1357354 Views: 5Total views on this site Journal History This article was published in the Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research (1921-2021), which is continued by the Bulletin of the American Schools of Overseas Research (2022-present). Copyright 1995 The American Schools of Oriental ResearchPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Common Pottery in Roman Galilee: A Study of Local Trade

Common Pottery in Roman Galilee: A Study of Local Trade

Common Pottery in Roman Galilee: A Study of Local Trade. By David Adan-Bayewitz.

A multifaceted study of pottery production and distribution in Roman and early Byzantine Galilee. The study has four major components: literary references to pottery production; fabrics and possible clay sources; chronological and typological development of the pottery; and the economic study of the pottery trade.

Ceramics from Roman Galilee: A Comparison of Several Techniques for Fabric Characterization

AbstractAn extensive local provenience study of common pottery from Roman Galilee and Golan was carried out, employing neutron activation analysis. This pottery was then examined by binocular microscopy, xeroradiography and thin-section analysis and the results compared with the grouping by neutron activation analysis in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the former techniques for classifying these ceramic fabrics. It was found that xeroradiography alone would have led to the incorrect categorization of the pottery corpus, even at the level of major fabric groups. Thin-section analysts, on the other hand, was seen to be an effective means for sorting the collection into major fabric categories that comport with those defined by neutron activation analysis. In some cases, the description of micromorphological subgroups, comparable to the compositional subgroups distinguished by neutron activation analysis, was also possible. This discriminating classification by thin-section analysis was achieved by st...

Ceramics from Roman Galilee: A Comparison of Several Techniques for Fabric Characterization

Ceramics from Roman Galilee: A Comparison of Several Techniques for Fabric Characterization

Intercity Relations in Roman Palestine: The Case of Sepphoris and Tiberias

Sepphoris and Tiberias were the most important administrative and rabbinic centers of Roman Galilee. The two cities had much in common: both were associated with Herod Antipas, who rebuilt Sepphoris sometime after a futile revolt in 4 B.C.E. and still later founded Tiberias; both had jurisdiction over the bank and archives of Galilee at various times during the first century; both had pro-Roman factions in the First Revolt, though that of Sepphoris was more influential; both maintained Hellenistic institutions and minted coins; both were connected by the major road built by Hadrian from Acco to the Sea of Galilee;5 both would eventually become home to the Sanhedrin and the patriarchal house; both maintained communities ofpriests associated with a particularmishmar(priestly course), and finally, both attracted many prominenttannaim and amoraimwho establishednoted academies.

Roman Galilee - Martin Goodman: State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132–212. (Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies Series.) Pp. x + 305. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Allanheld, 1983. $34.50.

Roman Galilee - Martin Goodman: State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132–212. (Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies Series.) Pp. x + 305. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Allanheld, 1983. $34.50. - Volume 36 Issue 1

Martin Goodman. State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132–212. Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Allanheld, 1983. xi, 305 pp.

Martin Goodman. State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132–212. Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Allanheld, 1983. xi, 305 pp.

State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132-212

State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132-212

State and Society in Roman Galilee, A. D. 132-212

State and Society in Roman Galilee, A. D. 132-212

State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132-212GoodmanMartin State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132-212 Totowa, N.J, 1983, 305, $34.50, Obtainable in the U.K. from Costello, 43 High Street, Tunbridge Wells, at £27.00

State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132-212GoodmanMartin <i>State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132-212</i> Totowa, N.J, 1983, 305, $34.50, Obtainable in the U.K. from Costello, 43 High Street, Tunbridge Wells, at £27.00

M. GOODMAN, State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132-212. (Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies) Rowman &amp; Allanheld, Totowa, New Jersey 1983, 350 pp. cloth, $ 34,50

M. GOODMAN, State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132-212. (Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies) Rowman &amp; Allanheld, Totowa, New Jersey 1983, 350 pp. cloth, $ 34,50

State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132-212

State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132-212

Goodman's "State and Society in Roman Galilee"

Goodman's "State and Society in Roman Galilee"

State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132–212

State and Society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132–212