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Ceramic production and social complexity in fourth millennium Canaan: A case study from the Halif Terrace.
No full textThis dissertation discusses the relationship between ceramics and culture change. The ceramic assemblage is understood as a barometer of culture change, rather than a cause of such change. Using a ceramic assemblage from fourth millennium southern Canaan, a ceramic typology is developed which allows for the identification and measurement of change within the entire ceramic assemblage. Chapter One reviews the potential of ceramic analysis for sophisticated archaeological interpretations. An analytical methodology is offered which organizes ceramic assemblages into productions traditions, integrating the four basic ceramic attributes, form, ware, decoration and manufacturing technique. Productions traditions in turn reflect how ceramic production is organized. Chapter Two presents an archaeological and historical overview of the Halif Terrace and southern Canaan. The evidence from the Halif Terrace provides a means by which to reinterpret such issues as, the development of the ceramic industry from the Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze I, the transition from the Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze I, the nature of the Egyptian presence in southern Canaan, and the reassessment of the internal periodization of the Early Bronze I. Chapter Three presents the ceramic data from the Halif Terrace. Each of the ten ware types identified on the Halif Terrace are described. Petrographic and quantitative data are presented, as are regional ceramic distribution patterns. Each form type is then described in an integrated fashion. Chapter Four discusses the use of ceramic production traditions in order to identify changes in social organization. Two basic levels of ceramic production are found at the Halif Terrace, the household level and the workshop level. The function of the products associated with each level of organization is distinct and related to social organization in which it is embedded. In light of the Egyptian material found at the Halif Terrace, the Egyptian presence in fourth millennium Canaan is reexamined. The traditional models used to explain the Egyptian role in Canaan are no longer considered viable. Neither trade nor conquest adequately account for the type and quantity of Egyptian material in Canaan. Rather, there are political and ideological reasons for the establishment of an Egyptian network of sites in southern Canaan.This item was digitized from a paper original and/or a microfilm copy. If you need
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Ritual threads : cultic evidence related to household textile production at Iron Age Tell Halif.
No full textDuring the seasons of 2007–2009, the Lahav Research Project unearthed the textile workshop from Stratum VIB at Field V. The textile workshop, attributed to the end of the eighth century B.C.E., yielded numerous burned loom weights and a few cult objects, such as a Judean horse and rider figurine fragment, a kernos oil lamp vessels fragment, a painted zoomorphic vessel fragment, and a rectangular limestone incense altar. While the archaeological remains from the textile workshop do not clearly relate textile production to certain cultic activities, broad ancient Near Eastern culture, biblical texts, and contemporary Iron Age Levantine textile industries are informative to retrieve cultic evidence related to household textile production at Iron Age Tell Halif. Ancient Near Eastern textual and circumstantial evidence points to an association of high quality textiles with cults and deities. Despite the Deuteronomistic conformist effort, the Hebrew Bible also indicates cultic involvement of textiles and in their production in the Exodus accounts. While the quantity of the cult objects recovered from the Tell Halif textile workshop is meager, the overall occurrence of the diagnostic cult objects was prominent in association with work places during the Iron Age II Levant. From this synchronic observation between the Tell Halif textile workshop and several other Iron Age Levantine sites, a pattern of the occurrence of non-utilitarian and utilitarian objects can be retrieved in relation to household textile industry in the Iron Age Levant. The recovered cult objects and the contextual places indicate that the cult probably involved votive/libation offerings and/or the veneration of a patron deity relating to textile production, most likely ensuring economic success. A clear association between textile production and food preparation/consumption suggests that Judahite women took prominent and even initial roles in these household economic and religious activities. The cult related to household production activities would have not necessarily disavowed the Yahwistic centralized cult, but would have been perceived as the same in continuation with YHWH veneration in the larger ancient Israelite religion
Hearth and Home: Life In and Around A Kitchen from Ancient Judah as Excavated at Tell Halif
Full text linkA room with many well-preserved artifacts was excavated at Tell Halif in a level associated with Ancient Judah. By using analogy the use of these artifacts can be compared with that of other similar objects. Analogy is at the heart of archaeological interpretation and allows a more explicit determination of the possible uses of artifacts and their patterning. The artifacts serve as evidence for reconstructing life in and around an archaeologically excavated space. By discerning the patterns of artifact distribution we can interpret how the space might have been used. The room excavated at Tell Halif has strong evidence for food processing, closely integrated with storage. Textile production was also carried out in the room. Other artifacts point to food consumption, play, personal ornamentation and the use of symbolic images. The patterning of the artifacts indicates a busy multi-use space
Ritual threads : cultic evidence related to household textile production at Iron Age Tell Halif.
No full textDuring the seasons of 2007–2009, the Lahav Research Project unearthed the textile workshop from Stratum VIB at Field V. The textile workshop, attributed to the end of the eighth century B.C.E., yielded numerous burned loom weights and a few cult objects, such as a Judean horse and rider figurine fragment, a kernos oil lamp vessels fragment, a painted zoomorphic vessel fragment, and a rectangular limestone incense altar. While the archaeological remains from the textile workshop do not clearly relate textile production to certain cultic activities, broad ancient Near Eastern culture, biblical texts, and contemporary Iron Age Levantine textile industries are informative to retrieve cultic evidence related to household textile production at Iron Age Tell Halif. Ancient Near Eastern textual and circumstantial evidence points to an association of high quality textiles with cults and deities. Despite the Deuteronomistic conformist effort, the Hebrew Bible also indicates cultic involvement of textiles and in their production in the Exodus accounts. While the quantity of the cult objects recovered from the Tell Halif textile workshop is meager, the overall occurrence of the diagnostic cult objects was prominent in association with work places during the Iron Age II Levant. From this synchronic observation between the Tell Halif textile workshop and several other Iron Age Levantine sites, a pattern of the occurrence of non-utilitarian and utilitarian objects can be retrieved in relation to household textile industry in the Iron Age Levant. The recovered cult objects and the contextual places indicate that the cult probably involved votive/libation offerings and/or the veneration of a patron deity relating to textile production, most likely ensuring economic success. A clear association between textile production and food preparation/consumption suggests that Judahite women took prominent and even initial roles in these household economic and religious activities. The cult related to household production activities would have not necessarily disavowed the Yahwistic centralized cult, but would have been perceived as the same in continuation with YHWH veneration in the larger ancient Israelite religion
Isolation of lactic acid bacteria as probiotic for humans / Mohamad Halif Mohamad Yusof
Full text linkIn recent years, there has been considerable interest and research on the use of probiotics, for disease treatment or health promotion. However much remains to be done on the selection of strains that actually possess characteristics of true probiotic microorganisms.The present study was carried out to isolate potential probiotic organisms (lactic acid bacteria) that have antagonistic properties against human pathogens and could be used as bacteriotherapeutic agents to combat gastrointestinal disorders in humans. The sandwich overlay method was used to screen for antibacterial activity from four different kinds of fermented food (tapai pulut, rebung pekasam, budu and cincalok). Twenty one lactic acid bacterial (LAB) strains exhibited antibacterial activity in the preliminary screening. Eighteen of the LAB strains were able to inhibit E. coli but only four strains (Ti, T2, T7 and T12) had the ability to inhibit Staphylococcus aureus. Interestingly, T12 was able to inhibit S. aureus more effectively than Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (a positive control) from Yakult. The antimicrobial substance produced by Tn was characterized, and the results demonstrated that the ability to inhibit S', aureus and E. coli was probably due to the production of organic acids and not bacteriocins
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
The K8 House: A new domestic space from the Iron Age II at Tell Halif, Israel
Full text link© 2019, © Palestine Exploration Fund 2019. In the Iron Age II period of the southern Levant (1000–586 BCE), most data for household studies come from four-room or pillared houses. Tell Halif in southern Israel gives us several examples of the four-room pillared house, including the one identified here as the K8 House, from the eighth century. The purpose of this research is to examine the K8 archaeological remains and add to our understanding of Iron Age houses and households as reflected in the patterning of artefacts in the buildings occupied by the household. Based on the remains preserved in the K8 House, we can identify a set of activities undertaken regularly inside the house. It can be demonstrated from Tell Halif’s archaeological data that, once the specific activities are identified, their organisation also can be identified. In order to understand how space functioned in the K8 House at Tell Halif, a spatial analysis of the archaeological materials was undertaken. Ceramics and microartefacts discovered on floors and in the covering fill provide important sources of data serving to identify activities and helping to assess what type of reductions of the ‘de facto’ refuse may have taken place. The locations of artefacts in the K8 House help to identify activity areas within it
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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