📢✨ We've got another treat for you from the intersection of computational methods and specialist analyses! 🏺🔬 We're proud to present an article by Piotr Makowski and Julia Chyla, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
📄 More than a ware. Preliminary observations on the typological, mineralogical, and chemical diversity of cream wares from Jordan (mid-8th to 11th centuries)
The ceramic repertoire of Jordan, as well as that of the wider Bilad al-Sham, underwent significant evolution after the mid-8th century. One of the ke…
🗺️ Analysing samples from eight sites in Jordan, the authors demonstrate just how diverse the category of Islamic Cream Ware (ICW) really is — a pottery type in use across the southern Levant between the mid-8th and 11th centuries.
🔎 What did the research reveal? 🏺 Different workshops produced pottery with the same stylistic and morphological patterns. 🧭 The two main ICW subtypes were manufactured in both northern and southern Jordan. 📦 The mould-made ICW C subtype was likely imported from Palestine.
💡 Key highlights: 🔸 The broad spectrum of cream ware products (mid-8th–11th c.) goes beyond the notion of a single "ware." 🔸 Cream wares show regional variation in compositional features.
🔸 Significant compositional and technological differences exist between the main ICW subcategories. 📖 We warmly invite you to read it! #archaeology #IslamicCreamWare #Jordan #archaeometry #CAAPL #pottery #NCN
🔬 The article presents selected results from the project "Defining patterns of transition between the Early and Middle Islamic periods in southern Transjordan" (2021/40/C/HS3/00142), funded by the National Science Centre, Poland. 🇵🇱 👏 Congratulations to the authors!