The Origins And Use Of The Potters Wheel In Ancient Egypt
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Author | : Sarah Doherty |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2015-02-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1784910619 |
Despite many years work on the technology of pottery production it is perhaps surprising that the origins of the potter's wheel in Egypt have yet to be determined. This volume seeks to rectify this situation by determining when the potter's wheel was introduced into Egypt.
Author | : Sarah Doherty |
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Release | : 2013 |
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Despite many years work on the technology of pottery production by archaeologists it is perhaps surprising that the origins of the potter's wheel in Egypt have yet to be determined. This present project seeks to rectify this situation by determining when the potter's wheel was introduced to Egypt, establishing in what contexts wheel-made pottery occurs, and considering the reasons why the Egyptians introduced the wheel when a well-established handmade pottery industry already existed. The potter's wheel is often thought to have originated in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium B.C. and subsequently its use spread to the Levant and Egypt, but little analysis has been undertaken as to why this occurred, or how its use came to be so widespread. Through a thorough analysis of all available sources, such as manufacturing marks on pottery, provenance potter's wheels and depictions of potters in art and texts this thesis will assess the evidence for the introduction of the potter's wheel. Through examining manufacturing marks on pottery and determining characteristics of wheel made marks by comparing them to experimental examples it is hoped a more complete view of when and in what manner the Egyptians were manufacturing their pottery vessels on the wheel will be gained. The potter's wheel is arguably the most significant machine introduced into Egypt during the Old Kingdom, second only perhaps to the lever. This thesis concludes that the potter's wheel was introduced to Egypt from the Levant during the reign of Pharoh Sneferu in the 4th dynasty (c.2600 B.C.). Sneferu or a member of his court sponsored their potters to use the elite-stone basalt potter's wheel in and entirely new way, to throw pottery. The impact of this innovation would not just have affected the Egyptian potters themselves learning a new skill but also signalled the beginnings of a more complex and technologically advanced society.
Author | : Sarah Doherty |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Archaeology |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Potters' wheels |
ISBN | : 9781784910600 |
Despite many years work on the technology of pottery production it is perhaps surprising that the origins of the potter's wheel in Egypt have yet to be determined. This volume seeks to rectify this situation by determining when the potter's wheel was introduced into Egypt.
Author | : Alexandre Loktionov |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2023-12-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1803275863 |
How did the Ancient Egyptians maintain control of their state? Topics include the controlling function of temples and theology, state borders, scribal administration, visual representation, patronage, and the Egyptian language itself, with reference to all periods of Egyptian history, from the Old Kingdom to Coptic times.
Author | : Anna K. Hodgkinson |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2020-03-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1789695589 |
Proceedings of a workshop held in Berlin, 2018, focusing on manufacturing activities identified at archaeological sites. New excavation techniques, ethnographic research, archaeometric approaches, GIS, experimental archaeology, and theoretical issues associated with how researchers understand production in the past, are presented here.
Author | : John A. Burrison |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2017-06-16 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0253031893 |
For over 25,000 years, humans across the globe have shaped, decorated, and fired clay. Despite great differences in location and time, universal themes appear in the world’s ceramic traditions, including religious influences, human and animal representations, and mortuary pottery. In Global Clay: Themes in World Ceramic Traditions, noted pottery scholar John A. Burrison explores the recurring artistic themes that tie humanity together, explaining how and why those themes appear again and again in worldwide ceramic traditions. The book is richly illustrated with over 200 full-color, cross-cultural illustrations of ceramics from prehistory to the present. Providing an introduction to different styles of folk pottery, extensive suggestions for further reading, and reflections on the future of traditional pottery around the world, Global Clay is sure to become a classic for all who love art and pottery and all who are intrigued by the human commonalities revealed through art.
Author | : David N. Edwards |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2020-07-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 178969650X |
This volume, focusing on pharaonic sites, is the first of a series, bringing to publication the records of the Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia (ASSN). These records represent a major body of data relating to a region largely now lost to flooding and of considerable importance for understanding the archaeology and history of Nubia.
Author | : Eleni Hasaki |
Publisher | : American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2022-02-22 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1621390381 |
An unparalleled assemblage of Archaic black-figure painted pinakes (plaques) was uncovered near Penteskouphia, a village west of ancient Corinth, over a century ago. The pinakes-represented by over 1,200 fragments-and their depictions of gods, warriors, animals, and the potters themselves, provide a uniquely rich source of information about Greek art, technology, and society. In this volume, the findspot of the pinakes is identified in a contribution by Ioulia Tzonou and James Herbst, and the assemblage as a whole is fully contextualized within the Archaic world. Then, by focusing specifically on the images of potters at work, the author illuminates the relationship between Corinthian and Athenian art, the technology used in ancient pottery production, and religious anxiety in the 6th century B.C. The first comprehensive register of all known Penteskouphia pinakes complements the well-illustrated discussion.
Author | : Samuel Birch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 690 |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : Pottery |
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Author | : Kerry Muhlestein |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2019-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004416382 |
In Excavations at the Seila Pyramid and Fag el-Gamous Cemetery, Kerry Muhlestein and team offer new information that will help shape thinking about the dawn of the pyramid age and life during cultural and religious change in Egypt’s Graeco-Roman Fayoum.