Identifying Ceramic Shaping Techniques: Experimental Results Using the Inclusion and Void Orientation Method

Abstract

This contribution presents the results of experiments using a simple but effective inclusion and void orientation method for identifying shaping techniques on cut and scanned vessels and sherds. Not only does it provide an additional line of complementary evidence for differentiating ceramic chaînes opératoires, but we argue that it offers observations not accessible by other imaging methods and scales of analysis.

Keywords

• ceramics
• bronze age
• israel