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Original Article

Iron IIA Pottery from the Negev Highlands: Petrographic Investigation and Historical Implications

MARIO A.S. MARTINTel Aviv University
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ISRAEL FINKELSTEINTel Aviv University
Pages 6-45 | Published online: 17 Feb 2014
 
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Abstract

The article reports the results of a petrographic investigation of pottery from early Iron IIA settlements in the Negev Highlands. A substantial percentage of the vessels studied, most notably slag-tempered ware, originated in the copper districts of the Wadi Arabah. This provides us, for the first time, with conclusive proof of the profound connection between the Negev Highlands and the Arabah copper extraction system, which was operated by tribal desert groups. The data demonstrate that the subsistence economy of the Negev Highlands sites was supplemented by the participation of at least some of the local inhabitants in this enterprise.

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