Letting Their Pottery Talk: Insights on the Philistines and their Culture as seen through their Ceramic Remains | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12019-11-01T06:39:55+08:00PeatixPatriciaLetting Their Pottery Talk: Insights on the Philistines and their Culture as seen through their Ceramic Remainstag:peatix.com,2018:event-4336152018-10-07T16:00:00SGT2018-10-07T16:00:00SGTThe Philistines and their culture are the "stuff of legends"–well-known to many through the Biblical stories about Goliath, Samson and other figures. Archaeological excavations in modern-day Israel provide us with a fascinating picture of who the Philistines were, how their culture developed, and the character of their relations with neighbouring cultures, including the Biblical Israelites. Important insights on a broad range of facets relating to the Philistine culture can be gleaned through multi-disciplinary studies of their rich ceramic repertoire, revealing aspects relating to food consumption, social structure and status, trade relations and cult, and various other topics. In this lecture, Dr. Maeir will showcase examples of some of his recent research on Philistine pottery, utilizing various analytic perspectives and fascinating –and often quite surprising results—including some very unexpected evidence of the contents and use of some of these vessels. Professor Aren M. Maeiris professor of Biblical and Near Eastern Achaeology at Bar-Ilan University, in Ramat Gan, Israel. He has directed the excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath for more than two decades (gath.wordpress.com). His research interests include the Bronze and Iron Age archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean, scientific applications in archaeology, the interface between ancient texts and archaeological artefacts, ancient food patterns, and intercultural relations. He has over 200 publications on a broad range of topics from Levantine archaeology to ethno-archaeological insights on Papua New Guinea.Members of the public are welcome to this talk arranged by the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society.