Prehistoric Pottery from the Ancient Near East - Discussion themes


Friday May 10 – Searching for meaning in Halaf painted decoration


Garfinkel, Y.

1998

"Dancing and the Beginning of Art Scenes in the Near East and South-East Europe”,  Cambridge
Archaeological Journal 8: 207-237.


Watson, P.J. & LeBlanc, S. A.

1973

“A comparative statistical analysis of painted pottery from seven Halafian sites”, Paléorient 1-1:
117-133.


Read the two pieces of literature as background to the lecture. Questions may be asked during the
lecture or in the discussion after the lecture.