Christian Falb

ISBN: 978-3-86835-022-7

Pub: 2009

xx + 444 pp.

Chr. Falb offers an in-depth study of five Early Bronze Age ceramic wares found in Northern Syria (esp. EBA III until IV B): the North Mesopotamian Metallic Ware, the Euphrates Ware, the Black Euphrates Ware, the Combed Wash Ware, and the Smeared Wash Ware. The volume provides the reader with introductions to the macroscopic and scientific methods of analysing ceramic wares. Extensive samples of the wares taken from various sites have been studied using thin section analysis (colour plates are included) and X-ray fluorescence analysis. The descriptions of the wares are supplemented by hundreds of illustrations and an annotated catalogue of find spots. Thus, the study will serve as a handbook for excavations in the region.