Wine or Wax?: Organic Residue Analysis on pottery from the Early Bronze I at Nahal Tillah

Summary

Nahal Tillah is an Early Bronze I site in the Southern Levant with evidence for a strong Egyptian trade presence. Twenty-eight sherds from four different vessel types underwent absorbed pottery residue analysis to identify possible traded resources and to confirm vessel functions. Although wine and olive oil are believed to be the major trade resources in the region, wax was an unexpectedly important resource in the pottery sampled, particularly among the Southern Levantine styled jars.

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• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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