The Moza formation extends throughout the southern central hills, from north of Jerusalem to Hebron. It is a source of superior potting clay that has been exploited by potters from the Early Bronze Age through modern times. Moza clay is very fine in texture and bright in color, typically firing to a light pinkish orange or yellow-brown.
The Moza Formation specifically consists of limestone and marl at the base with a thick layer of clay (5-16 m) on the top. The Aminadav Formation overlies the Moza Formation. Sometimes Moza clay is mixed with Aminadav sand, forming a related petro-fabric: Moza clay/Aminadav sand-sized dolomi...
The matrix is clayey, with various amount of calcium carbonate, and devoid of foraminifers. There are occasional silt to fine sand-sized dolomite rhombohedral crystals embedded in the matrix. Opaque particles often appear as well as clay nodules.
When fired the clay is typically light pinkish orange to yellow-brown in color.
The Moza formation extends throughout the southern central hills, from north of Jerusalem to Hebron. It is a source of superior potting clay that has been exploited by potters from the Early Bronze Age through modern times. Moza clay is very fine in texture and bright in color, typically firing to a light pinkish orange or yellow-brown.
The Moza Formation specifically consists of limestone and marl at the base with a thick layer of clay (5-16 m) on the top. The Aminadav Formation o...
mid 6th - 10th centuries CE
Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid
5th-2nd c. BCE
Achaemenid Persian, Early Hellenistic, Middle Hellenistic
Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands
Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands
