From Ruth Jackson-Tal <ruthjt@imj.org.il>:linebreak========================linebreaklinebreakFully-funded PhD studentship, Levantine Faience in Context (LFC), at Cranfield UniversitylinebreaklinebreakCranfield University, UK is a world-leading specialist university with global impact, recognised in prestigious awards and rankings.linebreaklinebreakLevantine Faience in Context (LFC) is a multidisciplinary study offering a fully-funded PhD studentship, including full fees and a stipend, sponsored by a grant for the Israel Science Foundation. The aim of the project is to study a large corpus of faience with the aim of determining production techniques, provenance and use. The project will combine archaeological interpretation and a range of established and relatively new analytical techniques. The successful candidate should expect to work both in the UK and at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, with the potential for other visits to laboratories and sites in Europe and the Levant.linebreaklinebreakThis project intends to study faience finds, including vessels and small objects, from excavations in Israel, spanning the duration of its use in the region. The goal is to integrate for the fist time on a large scale, chrono-typological studies and contextual analysis with elemental studies of chemical composition and technology. Ultimately, it is hoped to establish a protocol for working with faience vessels and objects from archaeological excavations in the southern Levant. This will enhance understanding of previous notions regarding production techniques, workshops, and trade. Furthermore, it will highlight the significance of faience as an ancient vitreous material, allowing the uncovering of patterns of adoption and transfer within a single region, particularly in relation to cultural interactions in the early periods, as well as the later dominance of the glass industry and other vitreous materials.linebreaklinebreakThe project is a joint research programme between Professor Andrew Shortland (Cranfield University UK) and Dr Ruth Jackson-Tal and Nurith Goshen (Israel Museum, Jerusalem). Professor Shortland is an experienced researcher of early vitreous materials and Professor of Archaeological Science. Nurith Goshen is the Curator of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age archaeology with vast experience in excavations and research of material culture from sites in Israel and Ruth Jackson-Tal is the Curator of Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, with an extensive research record of glass and additional vitreous materials from excavations in Israel and the southern Levant.linebreaklinebreakEach of the researchers will contribute expertise and knowledge to the suggested research project. causing this productive scholarly collaboration to yield the added value of allowing an interchange of ideas, especially given their different academic backgrounds.linebreaklinebreakFor further details, please follow this link: <https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/research/phd/levantine-faience-in-context#Entryrequirements>.linebreak