Table of Contents

List of Plans, Tables, Figures, and Sections Acknowledgments Abbreviations Preface 1. Introduction The Preservation and Reporting of Sherds The Separation and Interpretation of Loci The Classification of Materials 2. Middle Bronze IIB at Shechem The Field VI Strata The Loci Selected for Analysis 3. The Pottery: Typological and Comparative Analysis Classification of Types and Forms Platter Bowls Deep Bowls Globular Bowls Necked Bowls Carinated Bowls Miniature Bowls Bowl Bases Flat-bottom Cookpots Holemouth Cookpots Upright-rim Cookpots Dipper Juglets Piriform Juglets Cylindrical Juglets Jugs Large Jars Small Jars Small Jar and Jug Fragments General Comments on Wares, Pastes, and Surface Treatments 4. Summary Conclusions Diagnostic Ceramic Types and Forms Comparative Sites Geographical and Historical Considerations Catalogue of Shechem MB IIB Pottery Notes on Drawing and Descriptive Conventions The Pottery Classified by Type and Form, Plates 1-45 Strata XX-XVIIs: Selected Pottery, Plates 46-49 Bibliography