A Mössbauer typology of 120 early phoenician ceramic sherds from Kāmid El-Lōz, Lebanon, is proposed. It is found to agree well with other classifications by means of neutron activation analysis and thin section microscopy. Two ancient calcium rich clays and one recent calcium poor clay from the same region were fired in the laboratory 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 to reconstruct the firing techniques of the early phoenician potters. The firing temperature of the locally made pottery appears to have been low.