Pottery analysis
- Which functional class (es) of pottery change radically through time?
There was a radical change in the percentage of local jars as a class of pottery that occurred over time. With a percentage drop of over 60%, it means that this functional class did change radically through the three times.
There was a positive change in table vessels over a period of time. There is a radical increase also in the percentage of this functional class.
- How do the percentages of local jars and imported pottery change over time and in relationship to each other? What would be the socio-economic factors that can foster such change?
Within a changing imperial rule, there is a change in the buying capabilities of the buyer. The local jars are seen to be in a decreasing percentage from the Persian rule to a decreased in the 3rd century and lastly a small percentage in the early-mid 2nd century. The change in the political system is the socio-economic reason that saw a sudden change; it is compared to the imported pottery from the coast. In the imported pottery, there is a drop and rather an increase in its percentage.
- Describe the changes in utility vessels, table vessels, and cooking vessels over time.
There is an insignificant change in the percentages that happen for utility vessels. First, it is a drop as the Persian rule changes to the third-century rule. In table vessels, the early-mid 2nd century records the highest percentage while that recorded in the Persian era was the least. Lastly, the cooking vessels recorded a slight change, with the two centuries having the same quantity. From the above changes, there are socio-economic factors that might have caused the net effect. There was a possibility of population growth, the articulation also to the wider world may have impacted, and lastly, people may have adopted an elite behavior. All these have, therefore an impact in the sale of these vessels over time.