Papers by Cydrisse Cateloy
cateloy, 2019
During the Middle Bronze Age, a new class of ceramic transport containers appeared in the Levant:... more During the Middle Bronze Age, a new class of ceramic transport containers appeared in the Levant: the so-called ‘Canaanite jar’. This innovative shape is seen as one of the first amphorae traded through the Mediterranean Sea. It derived from Early Bronze Age Levantine ‘Combed Ware’ jars, with an ovoid body and flat base that had already been imported into Egypt but were not yet perfectly adapted for maritime transportation. By the time Tell el-Dab'a became a main port of entry for Levantine goods, the morphology of this ceramic container had evolved and it was imported into Egypt in great numbers. The Levantine amphora development is closely related to maritime trade and the intensification of Mediterranean exchanges had most likely served to shape the container outlines to suit the cargo holds of merchant ships better. Given that the morphology of a ceramic type, such as an amphora, may be inherent to economic shifts, it may be enlightening to reconsider certain aspects of this material – such as, for instance, its capacity – to reassess some general knowledge about commercial networks and trade modalities. The assemblage of Levantine amphorae uncovered at Tell el-Dab'a is the most extensive group available outside the Levant. It includes many complete and well-preserved containers that allow a comprehensible study of their capacity. This paper will focus on a corpus made up of 104 complete, or almost complete, amphorae dating from Middle Bronze IIA to the Egyptian New Kingdom.
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This is a workshop, to be held on the 6th of April 2018 at the 11th ICAANE in Munich. First results of an ERC Advanced Grant "The Enigma of the Hyksos" at the Austrian Academy and the Bournemouth University/UK are presented by an international team of scholars supported by external researchers. The research programme deals with the origin the reasons of immigration, the homogenity or heterogenity of a Western Asiatic communit, living during the late Middle Kingdom and the Second intermediate Period in the eastern Nile Delta. They were responsible for the rule of the Hyksos, a foreign dynasty, which took power in Egypt after the Middle Kingdom around1740 BC. The reearch also concentrates on the rise of power, on the way of rule, on the definition of the material culture of these foreigners, on their cultual interference with the Egyptian culture and on the reasons of their decline and failure to build a stable kingdom. Another subject is the impact of the Hyksos on the Egyptian Culture of the New Kingdom. The research is approached with methods of humanities and of biological sciences.
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This is a workshop, to be held on the 6th of April 2018 at the 11th ICAANE in Munich. First results of an ERC Advanced Grant "The Enigma of the Hyksos" at the Austrian Academy and the Bournemouth University/UK are presented by an international team of scholars supported by external researchers. The research programme deals with the origin the reasons of immigration, the homogenity or heterogenity of a Western Asiatic communit, living during the late Middle Kingdom and the Second intermediate Period in the eastern Nile Delta. They were responsible for the rule of the Hyksos, a foreign dynasty, which took power in Egypt after the Middle Kingdom around1740 BC. The reearch also concentrates on the rise of power, on the way of rule, on the definition of the material culture of these foreigners, on their cultual interference with the Egyptian culture and on the reasons of their decline and failure to build a stable kingdom. Another subject is the impact of the Hyksos on the Egyptian Culture of the New Kingdom. The research is approached with methods of humanities and of biological sciences.
A comparative study has been conducted on a sample of Etruscan amphorae stored in a DRASSM storer... more A comparative study has been conducted on a sample of Etruscan amphorae stored in a DRASSM storeroom, in Aix-en-Provence. Ten amphorae were chosen among the cargo of Grand Ribaud F shipwreck. Those ceramic containers were fully preserved, without any holes or cracks. First, the amphorae were manually measured with styrofoam beads and water. Then, measurements were taken with different computerized tools, based on their drawing.
This comparative study presents different ways to measure ceramic containers suggesting the reliability that could be placed in each of these methods.
Petite introduction sur les différentes méthodes permettant de mesurer la capacité d'une amphore ... more Petite introduction sur les différentes méthodes permettant de mesurer la capacité d'une amphore sous la forme d'une petit encadré publié dans l'ouvrage d'Emmanuel Nantet "Phortia. Le Tonnage des navires de commerce en Méditerranée du VIIIe siècle av. l'è. chr. au VIIe siècle de l'è. chr."
The amphora played a major part in the economy of the ancient Mediterranean world. It is a cerami... more The amphora played a major part in the economy of the ancient Mediterranean world. It is a ceramic vessel that was purposely elaborated to be morphologically suitable for transport in the cargo holds of commercial ships. The amphora is also a good typological tool for archaeologists to identify a specific type of material culture involved in trade networks. Ever since the Bronze Age, this Maritime Transport Container (MTC) accompanied the development of overseas contact in the Mediterranean and was directly involved in the trade of various types of liquid but also some solid commodities. This study focuses on the use of a new approach to investigate the carrying capacity of amphorae; it offers a perspective that allows further evaluation of the material culture and, to a greater extent, a better understanding of commercial aspects related to amphorae.
An atypical ceramic vessel was found during Vollgraff’s excavations in the southern sector of the... more An atypical ceramic vessel was found during Vollgraff’s excavations in the southern sector of the Deiras cemetery at Argos, between 1902 and 1904, among the remains of the chamber tomb VI . This ovoid amphora of unusual shape, in regards to the Mycenaean material culture, was not of great interest for the research of that time. Nevertheless, this specific type of amphora, which is commonly called a ‘‘Canaanite jar’’, has since revealed to be the main evidence of the complex commercial trades which took place between the Aegean and the Levant during the 2nd Millennium B.C.E. Another “Canaanite jar” was also found by Vollgraff in the same chamber tomb VI. This second vessel, even if fragmentary, is easily recognizable as a conical amphora with carinated shoulder.
This paper aims to reset these Syro-Palestinian imports in their general context of the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age (≈1550-1200 B.C.E.), to better understand their evolution pattern and better used them as chronological anchors, useful to synchronize the chronologies of the different Mediterranean areas in which they were imported. The purpose of this study is also to present a brief study on the carrying capacity of such transport vessels shipped through the sea.
Poster by Cydrisse Cateloy
Amphorology is an archaeological branch which allowed us to better understand the use of such cer... more Amphorology is an archaeological branch which allowed us to better understand the use of such ceramic vessels during the past. Closely related to long distance trade, amphorae have enabled many commodities to play a major part in Mediterranean economies during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Studying the capacity of transport and storage containers is a vast investigation field fully informative.
A comparative study have been lead on different methods used in archaeology to measure the volume of a ceramic vessel. These methods could be either manual, mathematical or computerized.
But what is the reliability of each of these methods ? What kind of results should we expect if one measures a same sample of amphorae with all those different processes used by archaeologists ? Would it be possible to recalibrate the results obtained from a computerized method to a manual one which is considered to be more accurate ?
Workshops by Cydrisse Cateloy
The workshop "No Half Measures for Understanding Ancient Pots. Aims and Methods of Capacity Studi... more The workshop "No Half Measures for Understanding Ancient Pots. Aims and Methods of Capacity Studies in the Mediterranean Bronze Age" will be held at the École française d’Athènes on the 15th and 16th of June.
We warmly invite you to join us, in person or online!
All the information, including book of abstracts and registration link for Zoom, is available here: https://u.efa.gr/capacityworkshop
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Papers by Cydrisse Cateloy
This is a workshop, to be held on the 6th of April 2018 at the 11th ICAANE in Munich. First results of an ERC Advanced Grant "The Enigma of the Hyksos" at the Austrian Academy and the Bournemouth University/UK are presented by an international team of scholars supported by external researchers. The research programme deals with the origin the reasons of immigration, the homogenity or heterogenity of a Western Asiatic communit, living during the late Middle Kingdom and the Second intermediate Period in the eastern Nile Delta. They were responsible for the rule of the Hyksos, a foreign dynasty, which took power in Egypt after the Middle Kingdom around1740 BC. The reearch also concentrates on the rise of power, on the way of rule, on the definition of the material culture of these foreigners, on their cultual interference with the Egyptian culture and on the reasons of their decline and failure to build a stable kingdom. Another subject is the impact of the Hyksos on the Egyptian Culture of the New Kingdom. The research is approached with methods of humanities and of biological sciences.
This is a workshop, to be held on the 6th of April 2018 at the 11th ICAANE in Munich. First results of an ERC Advanced Grant "The Enigma of the Hyksos" at the Austrian Academy and the Bournemouth University/UK are presented by an international team of scholars supported by external researchers. The research programme deals with the origin the reasons of immigration, the homogenity or heterogenity of a Western Asiatic communit, living during the late Middle Kingdom and the Second intermediate Period in the eastern Nile Delta. They were responsible for the rule of the Hyksos, a foreign dynasty, which took power in Egypt after the Middle Kingdom around1740 BC. The reearch also concentrates on the rise of power, on the way of rule, on the definition of the material culture of these foreigners, on their cultual interference with the Egyptian culture and on the reasons of their decline and failure to build a stable kingdom. Another subject is the impact of the Hyksos on the Egyptian Culture of the New Kingdom. The research is approached with methods of humanities and of biological sciences.
This comparative study presents different ways to measure ceramic containers suggesting the reliability that could be placed in each of these methods.
This paper aims to reset these Syro-Palestinian imports in their general context of the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age (≈1550-1200 B.C.E.), to better understand their evolution pattern and better used them as chronological anchors, useful to synchronize the chronologies of the different Mediterranean areas in which they were imported. The purpose of this study is also to present a brief study on the carrying capacity of such transport vessels shipped through the sea.
Poster by Cydrisse Cateloy
A comparative study have been lead on different methods used in archaeology to measure the volume of a ceramic vessel. These methods could be either manual, mathematical or computerized.
But what is the reliability of each of these methods ? What kind of results should we expect if one measures a same sample of amphorae with all those different processes used by archaeologists ? Would it be possible to recalibrate the results obtained from a computerized method to a manual one which is considered to be more accurate ?
Workshops by Cydrisse Cateloy
We warmly invite you to join us, in person or online!
All the information, including book of abstracts and registration link for Zoom, is available here: https://u.efa.gr/capacityworkshop
This is a workshop, to be held on the 6th of April 2018 at the 11th ICAANE in Munich. First results of an ERC Advanced Grant "The Enigma of the Hyksos" at the Austrian Academy and the Bournemouth University/UK are presented by an international team of scholars supported by external researchers. The research programme deals with the origin the reasons of immigration, the homogenity or heterogenity of a Western Asiatic communit, living during the late Middle Kingdom and the Second intermediate Period in the eastern Nile Delta. They were responsible for the rule of the Hyksos, a foreign dynasty, which took power in Egypt after the Middle Kingdom around1740 BC. The reearch also concentrates on the rise of power, on the way of rule, on the definition of the material culture of these foreigners, on their cultual interference with the Egyptian culture and on the reasons of their decline and failure to build a stable kingdom. Another subject is the impact of the Hyksos on the Egyptian Culture of the New Kingdom. The research is approached with methods of humanities and of biological sciences.
This is a workshop, to be held on the 6th of April 2018 at the 11th ICAANE in Munich. First results of an ERC Advanced Grant "The Enigma of the Hyksos" at the Austrian Academy and the Bournemouth University/UK are presented by an international team of scholars supported by external researchers. The research programme deals with the origin the reasons of immigration, the homogenity or heterogenity of a Western Asiatic communit, living during the late Middle Kingdom and the Second intermediate Period in the eastern Nile Delta. They were responsible for the rule of the Hyksos, a foreign dynasty, which took power in Egypt after the Middle Kingdom around1740 BC. The reearch also concentrates on the rise of power, on the way of rule, on the definition of the material culture of these foreigners, on their cultual interference with the Egyptian culture and on the reasons of their decline and failure to build a stable kingdom. Another subject is the impact of the Hyksos on the Egyptian Culture of the New Kingdom. The research is approached with methods of humanities and of biological sciences.
This comparative study presents different ways to measure ceramic containers suggesting the reliability that could be placed in each of these methods.
This paper aims to reset these Syro-Palestinian imports in their general context of the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age (≈1550-1200 B.C.E.), to better understand their evolution pattern and better used them as chronological anchors, useful to synchronize the chronologies of the different Mediterranean areas in which they were imported. The purpose of this study is also to present a brief study on the carrying capacity of such transport vessels shipped through the sea.
A comparative study have been lead on different methods used in archaeology to measure the volume of a ceramic vessel. These methods could be either manual, mathematical or computerized.
But what is the reliability of each of these methods ? What kind of results should we expect if one measures a same sample of amphorae with all those different processes used by archaeologists ? Would it be possible to recalibrate the results obtained from a computerized method to a manual one which is considered to be more accurate ?
We warmly invite you to join us, in person or online!
All the information, including book of abstracts and registration link for Zoom, is available here: https://u.efa.gr/capacityworkshop