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ABSTRACT.MichniewiczJacek,QumranandJerichoPottery:aPetrographicandChemicalProvenanceStudy
[CeramikazQumraniJerycho-badaniapetrograficzno-chemicznenadjejpochodzeniem],Poznań
2009.AdamMickiewiczUniversityPress.SeriaGeologianr20.Pp.169.ISBN978-83-232-2002-2.
ISSN0239-7560.TextinEnglishwithasummaryinPolish.
TheHasmoneanandthenHerodianceramicsfromJerichoaswellastheHerodianceramicsfrom
Qumranweremadealternativelyofoneofthethreekindsofrawmaterial:(1)slightlysiltyfora-
miniferousclay(potteryassignedtoPetrographicGroupI),(2)richclaytemperedwithquartz-
carbonatesandorcarbonatesand(potteryassignedtoPetrographicGroupsIIandIII),and(3)sil-
ty,ferruginousterrarossasoil(potteryassignedtoPetrographicGroupIV).Thesethreetypesof
rawmaterialdiffer,bothpetrographicallyandintermsoftheirchemicalcomposition.Therich,
variablymarlyclayofPetrographicGroupsIIandIIIwasusedtomakemostofthe,scrolljars’,
bowls,juglets,kraters,pitchers,andgoblets.Storagejarsmadeofthisclayhavebeenfoundin
Qumran,Jericho,KhirbetMazinaswellasez-Zara/Callirrhoe.Rich-clayoutcropsclosesttoQu-
mranandJerichocanbefoundintheJudeanMountainsbetweenHebronandRamallah.These
areCenomanianclaysoftheMozaFormation.IntheeasternpartoftheDeadSeabasintheycor-
relatewiththeFuheis(Naur?)FormationexposedaboveZargaMain.Analternativesourceofthe
purerichclaycanbesoughtintheLowerCretaceous(Albian)shalesoftheKurnubGroup.
ThoseclaysoutcropinTrans-Jordan,especiallybetweenthenorthernDeadSeaandZargaand
EasternSamariai.e.thenortheasternpartoftheWestBank.Theresultsofthepetrographicob-
servationsseemtobeespeciallysignificantinthecontextofthediscussionaboutthefunctionof
theQumranintheHerodianperiodandthescaleoftheceramicproductioncarriedoutthere.
Undoubtedly,mostoftheQumranpottery,includingthemajorityof,scrolljars’,wasmadeofthe
pureclay(theceramicpasteassignedtoPetrographicGroupsIIandIII),displayingaresidual
parallelorientationofclaymineralsandcontainingabundantcoarsefragmentsofshales.Their
presence,theabsenceofmicrofossilstypicaloftheWadiQumrandepositaswellasaquitedif-
ferentchemicalcompositionareevidencethatthevesselswerenotmadeofWadiQumranclay
depositedintheformofsuspensioni.e.theycouldnotbetransportedbytheaqueduct.
JacekMichniewicz,Uniwersytetim.AdamaMickiewicza,InstytutGeologiiUAM,ul.MakówPo-
lnych16,61-606Poznań-Poland.
Reviewer:prof.drhab.RyszardKryza
©CopyrightbyJacekMichniewicz2009
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Editor:AndrzejPietrzak
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