Tracking down cult: Production, function and content of chalices in Iron age philistia

Yuval Gadot; Israel Finkelstein; Mark Iserlis; Aren M. Maeir; Pirhiya Nahshoni; Dvory Namdar

doi:https://doi.org/10.1179/0334435514Z.00000000031

Tracking down cult: Production, function and content of chalices in Iron age philistia

Yuval Gadot, Israel Finkelstein, Mark Iserlis, Aren M. Maeir, Pirhiya Nahshoni, Dvory Namdar

Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University

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The paper attempts to integrate the study of the manufacture, function and discard of chalices from three sites in Philistia in order to form a coherent 'life-cycle story' of this vessel type. The analyses include examination of the sources of the ceramic raw material using petrography; study of the modes of manufacture, employing visual inspection and ethnographic data; and examination of the function of these vessels, using organic residue analysis. By combining these analytic perspectives, the authors shed new light on cultic practices in Iron Age Philistia and offer an alternative view of Philistine identity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-76
Number of pages	22
Journal	Tel Aviv
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/0334435514Z.00000000031
State	Published - Jun 2014

Keywords

Chalices
Cult
Iron Age
Patish
Philistia
Philistines
Residue analysis
Tell es-sāfi/Gath
Yavneh

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Cultural Studies
History
Archaeology
Archaeology

RAMBI publications

rambi
Ceramic industries -- History
Chalices
Eretz Israel -- Antiquities, Biblical
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Shephelah
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Tel es-Safi
Philistines -- Material culture

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Tracking down cult: Production, function and content of chalices in Iron age philistia

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