Cooking Identities: Aegean-Style Cooking Jugs and Cultural Interaction in Iron Age Philistia and Neighboring Regions

• DOI: 10.3764/aja.112.2.225
• Publication Date: 2011-04-28T14:19:54Z
• Authors: David Ben-Shlomo; Itzhaq Shai; Alexander Zukerman; Aren M. Maeir
• Keywords: Southern Levant; Iron Age

This study presents an analysis of various aspects relating to the changes in cooking vessels during Iron Age Philistia and southern Levant, with particular emphasis on morphology, manufacturing technology, regional distribution jugs. We have combined archaeological data petrographic analyses evaluate technological these vessels. It is argued that jugs, while first appearing Philistia, subsequently spread other regions cultures. The relationship this process dissemination factors, such as economic social discussed, it possible incorporation Philistine practices into neighboring cultures may implications for understanding multifaceted, if at times ambiguous, relationships between Philistines their neighbors.