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Fragile Biography - The Life Cycle of Ceramics and Refuse Disposal Patterns in Late Antique and Early Medieval Palestine (Paperback)
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Fragile Biography - The Life Cycle of Ceramics and Refuse Disposal Patterns in Late Antique and Early Medieval Palestine (Paperback)
Series: Babesch Supplements, Volume 35
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This book is the first comprehensive synthesis of the life cycle of
ceramics and of refuse management in ancient Palestine during the
later Roman, Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (4th to 11th
centuries CE). The study sheds light on selected material
culture-related behavioral practices of the people who produced,
used and manipulated ceramics during late antique and early
medieval times. The research presents the local picture of pottery
use-life, including prime use, reuse, repair, recycling and
disposal. The reuse, repair and recycling of pottery reflect a
plethora of behavioral practices, some common to the greater
Mediterranean and Near Eastern world and some unique to the
discussed region and periods. Similarly, the discussion of refuse
disposal, while using selected case studies, has shown that
attitudes towards the residues of people's activity were basically
similar in different regions and periods, though the ways in which
refuse was managed was often dictated by specific cultural and
regional circumstances. Finally, a first attempt has been made in
this study to partially unveil the mental rationale behind the
above-mentioned practices. The conclusion is that mere pragmatism
motivated the rather frequent reuse, repair and recycling of
pottery, though it also showed that this tendency became more
dominant - in historical Palestine and probably elsewhere - in Late
Antiquity and later.
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