A comparative archaeometric study of Late Bronze Age Black Lustrous and Red Lustrous Wheel-made wares from the Eastern Mediterranean

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dc.authorid0000-0002-4427-069X
dc.contributor.authorKibaroglu, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorKozal, Ekin
dc.contributor.authorCrewe, Lindy
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Mario A. S.
dc.contributor.authorHein, Irmgard
dc.contributor.authorMonien, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorBergoffen, Celia J.
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-03T12:02:42Z
dc.date.available2026-02-03T12:02:42Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBlack Lustrous Wheel-made Ware (BLW) and Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware (RLW) are two distinctive fine ceramic types that circulated across the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1650-1050 BCE). While RLW has been extensively studied and its production linked to Rough Cilicia (Southern Anatolia), the provenance, manufacturing, and distribution of BLW remain poorly understood. BLW appears in small quantities at sites across Cyprus, the Levant, Egypt, and Southern Anatolia, yet its relationship to RLW has not been systematically examined through archaeometric analysis. This study presents the results of an archaeometric investigation of 45 BLW samples from Alalakh (T & uuml;rkiye), Enkomi (Cyprus), Ashkelon (Israel), and Aniba (Egypt) to address questions regarding raw material sources, production, and possible connections between BLW and RLW in terms of provenance and technological traditions. To achieve this, a multi-analytical approach was employed, integrating laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and strontium-neodymium (Sr-Nd) isotope analysis for elemental and isotopic characterization for provenance determination, and petrographic thin-section analysis for fabric characterization. Additionally, 22 reference clay samples from the northern Cyprus were analyzed to assess potential raw material sources for BLW. The analytical results demonstrate that BLW was produced using multiple clay sources available in northern/ northeastern Cyprus, supporting the archaeological hypothesis of a Cypriot origin. Compositional data further indicate that BLW and RLW represent distinct manufacturing traditions, with RLW linked to Southern Anatolia, while BLW belongs to the Cypriot Late Bronze Age ceramic tradition.
dc.description.sponsorshipGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [KI 1828/2-2]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) under Grant ID: KI 1828/2-2.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105216
dc.identifier.issn2352-409X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105005946020
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105216
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/34838
dc.identifier.volume65
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001501295000002
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Archaeological Science-Reports
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260130
dc.subjectLate Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
dc.subjectBlack and Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware
dc.subjectArchaeometry
dc.subjectProvenance study
dc.subjectChemical analysis
dc.subjectIsotope
dc.titleA comparative archaeometric study of Late Bronze Age Black Lustrous and Red Lustrous Wheel-made wares from the Eastern Mediterranean
dc.typeArticle

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