Assessment of the Function of Strainers/Sieves Based on their
Distribution in the Khabur Basin Area

k 2015

Assessment of the Function of Strainers/Sieves Based on their Distribution in the Khabur Basin Area

HANZELKOVÁ, Anna and Maximilian WILDING

Basic information

Original name

Assessment of the Function of Strainers/Sieves Based on their Distribution in the Khabur Basin Area

Authors

HANZELKOVÁ, Anna (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Maximilian WILDING (40 Austria, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Neolithic Near Eastern pottery in context: II Workshop Investigating Decorated Ceramics from the Later Neolithic Near East, Barcelona, 14-17 October 2015, 2015

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60102 Archaeology

Country of publisher

Spain

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/15:00086114

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

strainers; sieves; Late Neolithic; Chalcolithic; Khabur Basin

Abstract

V originále

Our research is focused on the distribution of strainers/sieves in the Khabur region (NE Syria) during the Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic period. The research approach is to look into reasons for the sparse occurrence of this characteristic type of pottery in the assemblages of sites of the mentioned area, in order to address the following questions: (1) Why do strainers/sieves not occur in larger quantities? (2) For what purpose(s) were they supposedly used? (3) Does the proportion of perforated vessels in relation to the other potsherd types vary over time? The existing interpretations concerning the presumed function of strainers/sieves will be summarized and considered on the basis of the percentage of perforated vessels or fragments at the various sites relative to the complementary potsherd types as well as using other scientific evidence. The research is part of a co-project by the Masaryk University and Yale University (2014 -2016) to study the pottery collection which was assembled during the Yale Khabur Basin Survey Project in the 80s and 90s.

Links

MUNI/A/1130/2014, interní kód MU

Name: Archeologická terénní prospekce, exkavace, dokumentace a muzejní prezentace IV

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

HANZELKOVÁ, Anna and Maximilian WILDING. Assessment of the Function of Strainers/Sieves Based on their Distribution in the Khabur Basin Area. In Neolithic Near Eastern pottery in context: II Workshop Investigating Decorated Ceramics from the Later Neolithic Near East, Barcelona, 14-17 October 2015. 2015.

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HANZELKOVÁ, Anna and Maximilian WILDING. Assessment of the Function of Strainers/Sieves Based on their Distribution in the Khabur Basin Area. In \textit{Neolithic Near Eastern pottery in context: II Workshop Investigating Decorated Ceramics from the Later Neolithic Near East, Barcelona, 14-17 October 2015}. 2015.

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