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Mary started following the work of Barbara Mendoza, University of California, Berkeley, Near Eastern Studies.
Research Petrographer, Desert Archaeology Inc.
University of Arizona, Instructor and Visiting Scholar
Thesis Title: Canaanite Jars from Memphis as Evidence for Trade and Political Relationships in the Middle Bronze Age
About
My research involves utilizing ceramic petrography, compositional analyses, and other scientific techniques to study ancient ceramics. I am particularly interested in the exchange of ceramics in their political and economic contexts, and the technology of pottery production. I am currently the research petrographer at Desert Archaeology, Inc. in Tucson, Arizona. Projects include NAA analysis of Tanque Verde Red-on-brown, microprobe analyses of Hohokam Buff wares, and scanning electron microscopy of clay and stone beads. All of these materials come from Tucson and provide fascinating information on the practices and contacts of past peoples.
My other area of research is in examining pottery from the Eastern Mediterranean. This includes continuing work on Levantine imports in Egypt. While my PhD (University of Cambridge, 2010) focused on Middle Bronze Age Canaanite jars in Egypt, I have now been studying imported jars from the Early Bronze Age at Helwan and Giza, MBA pottery from Kom el-Khigan, torpedo jars from Tell Iswid, and Late Roman pottery from Amarna. I also have research projects on Egyptian pottery, Tell el-Yahudiyeh vessels from Tell Arqa (Lebanon), and pottery from Kouklia, Cyprus.
I am very grateful to my colleagues for allowing me to study this material and hope to continue working in both areas to learn more about the importance of pottery to past societies.
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