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SUMMARY:Regional Practices in an Interconnected World: Middle Islamic Cera
 mics (1000-1500CE) from the Erbil Plain - Kyra Kaerchar\, University of Ca
 mbridge
DTSTART:20220617T121500Z
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CONTACT:Ruairidh Macleod
DESCRIPTION:This talk presents the research into the regionality of cerami
 c production on the Erbil Plain (around present-day Erbil in Northern Iraq
 ) dating from 1000-1500 CE. During this period the area went through vario
 us political and economic changes and this project seeks to understand the
  changing nature of production at rural sites. This research presents an a
 nalysis of material from six sites across the Erbil Plain focusing on the 
 entire ceramic assemblage (all forms\, fabrics\, decoration types). These 
 ceramics are all highly related to each other as well as to sites in north
 ern Syria\, northwestern Iran\, and southern Iraq.\n\nUsing Wavelength Dis
 persive X-Ray Fluorescence at the Fitch Laboratory at the British School a
 t Athens\, with my previous thin section petrography and portable X-Ray Fl
 uorescence studies\, I analyze the locations of manufacture and the nature
  of craft organization at these rural sites\, especially in terms of the u
 nglazed materials. Rural areas are producing all types of ceramics\, not j
 ust utilitarian wares but also the more decorated\, glazed wares. These ru
 ral areas are more connected in terms of economics\, society\, and politic
 s\, to both each other and the larger urban centers of Erbil and Mosul tha
 n thought before. Therefore\, these areas have their own agency and contro
 l of these products\, it is not just top-down control from the larger cent
 ers. This shifts our focus from understanding just the interaction between
  large cities and urban centers and into understanding the wider rural int
 eractions during the Middle Islamic period.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research\, D
 owning Site
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