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Northern Libyan Desert Ware: new thoughts on ‘Shell-tempered Ware’ and other handmade pottery from the Eastern Marmarica (north-west Egypt)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2014

Anna-Katharina Rieger  and
Heike Möller
Anna-Katharina Rieger
Affiliation:
Department of Oriental Art and Archaeology, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Heike Möller
Affiliation:
Department of Classical Archaeology, Albrecht-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
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Abstract

A group of handmade pottery from the Eastern Marmarica (north-west Egypt) can be associated with the indigenous population of the region, subsumed as nomadic Libyans. A discussion of its type and fabric – mainly shell-tempered – leads to questions about its chronology as well as the ethnic and cultural background of the producers and users of these wares. Stratified finds and a diligent assessment of the reliability of associated pottery from surface find-spots will seek to fix the chronology of Northern Libyan Desert Ware (NLDW).

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Libyan Studies , Volume 43 , 2012 , pp. 11 - 31
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 2012

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