Gunneweg, Jan and Perlman, I. 1994, The Origin of a Mycenaean IIIC:1 Stirrup Jar from Tell Keisan, Revue Biblique 101, pp. 559-561 These are the results of one of the two Mycenaean III C1 vessels ever found in Israel (Beth Shean has the second one). This jar antedates the Mycenaean IIIC1b ware that was found in Ashdod and Miqne and locally made in Israel. Our Tell Keisan jar was imported from Kouklia in Cyprus and demonstrates, therefore, that this type of Mycenaean ware came from Cyprus made by people who probably were Mycenaeans themselves but were expanding out of the Argolid, their homeland in Greece, into other sites, among which the Island of Cyprus from where their locally made pottery reached Keisan in Canaan. Comments? Please write: Jan Gunneweg To return, click Archaeometry abstracts of our work or click "BACK" or click the Homepage . Jan Gunneweg Ph.D., The Hebrew University, revised November 2005