@article{a019d84ea6964dd9951ad73837fe753b,
title = "The Khirbet Kerak Ware figurine: a new component in the Kura-Araxes cultural assemblage",
abstract = "Recent excavations of Khirbet Kerak Ware contexts at the type site of Khirbet el-Kerak/Tel Bet Yerah and re-investigation of earlier finds from this site have permitted the technological and typological identification of a distinct category of zoomorphic figurines, associated exclusively with the characteristic red-black burnished Khirbet Kerak ceramics. Comparative study shows affinity between these figurines and similar objects found in different parts of the Kura-Araxes cultural community, from the Levant to the Iranian plateau. Consisting solely of horned cattle, we suggest that zoomorphic figurines represent a significant aspect of the Kura-Araxes cultural tradition in its expansion along the margins of the West Asian political and economic cores, during the final phase of the {\textquoteleft}secondary products revolution{\textquoteright}.",
keywords = "Khirbet Kerak Ware, Kura-Araxes, southern Levant, traction complex, Zoomorphic figurines",
author = "Knudsen, {Nadeshda Bladt} and Raphael Greenberg",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank Israel Museum and Israel Antiquities Authority curators Alegre Savariego, Galit Litani and Fawzi Ibrahim for their help in accessing and recording the Bet Yerah figurines in their collections. Alon Arad provided details on 2009–2015 excavation contexts, based on the field records of Mark Iserlis and Sarit Paz. Thanks are due to Amnon Ben-Tor, Shlomit Bechar and Debora Sandhaus of the Hazor expedition, and to Yael Rotem and Yorke Rowan of the Tel Yaqush expedition, for permission to publish figurines from their excavations. The Tel Bet Yerah Archaeological Project is sponsored by the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University; our research has also been supported by the Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 310/12). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Council for British Research in the Levant 2020. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1080/00758914.2020.1827562",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "51",
pages = "271--286",
journal = "Levant",
issn = "0075-8914",
publisher = "Maney Publishing",
number = "3",
}