New publication on experiments on how soot forms on cooking vessels

Today I received a pdf copy of a new article that just appeared:
Gur-Arieh, S., Maeir, A. M., and Shahack-Gross, R. 2011. Soot Patterns on Cooking Vessels: A Short Note. Pp. 349–55 in On Cooking Pots, Drinking Cups, Loom Weights and Ethnicity in Bronze Age Cyprus and Neigbouring Regions. An International Archaeological Symposium Held in Nicosia, November 6th-7th 2010, eds. V. Karageorghis and O. Kouka. Nicosia: A.G. Leventis Foundation.

In this study, conducted as part of Shira’s PhD research, an experimental study was conducted on how soot forms on cooking pots, when the pots are exposed to open fires. This is important since in the Iron I, with the arrival of the Philistines, a new types of cooking installation, the hearth, and a new type of cooking vessel, the cooking jug, appear (evidence of non-local influences brought by the Philistines) and we have been attempting to understand how these installations and vessels were used. Replicating soot patterns on modern vessels and comparing them to the soot patterns on ancient ones, may provide some insights on how the ancient vessels were used.

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