Elisabetta Boaretta, Ruty Shachak-Gross and Shira Gur-Arieh just returned from what seems to have been a fascinating trip to Uzbekistan. Lisa and Ruty (both from WIS [and up to just recently from the now unfortunately defunct joint BIU/WIS program in archaeological science]) are well-known on this blog (such as here and here) in relationship to their archaeological science work that they have also conducted at Tell es-Safi/Gath, while Shira, who has been a member of the Tell es-Safi/Gath staff for many years, is working on her PhD on methods of cooking in the Iron Age (with a focus on finds from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Megiddo and a few other sites).
(As you may recall, I recently mentioned a short study on soot patterns by Shira, Ruty and yours truly)
As part of their ongoing research, they traveled to Uzbekistan to conduct enthoarchaeological research. They documented traditional technologies, with a focus on mudbrick and baking/cooking techniques.
See here some of the fascinating pictures taken by Shira.
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Yikes! What has happened to the joint BIU/WIS program?
AMG