A Mössbauer typology of 120 early Phoenician ceramic sherds from Kamid el-Loz, Lebanon, is proposed. It was found to agree well with other classifications using neutron activation analysis and thin section microscopy. Reports on laboratory firing of two ancient calcium-rich clays and one recent calcium-poor clay from the same region in oxidizing and reducing atmospheres at temperatures increasing stepwise from 50°C to 1200°C, with Mössbauer spectra taken at room temperature and occasionally at 4.2 K. These model experiments were undertaken with the aim of reconstructing the firing techniques of the early Phoenician potters. The firing temperature of the locally made pottery appears to have been low.