Meg E.Arie 029 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Meg E.Arie 029

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Vessel Registration Number:

Megiddo: 08/H/38/VS9

Site Name

Tell Megiddo

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Country/Region

Israel/Jezreel Valley

Period

Late Bronze Age III, Iron Age I

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Description

basaltic marl slightly active, reddish, ss-cs, 5% voids, silty

Thin Section Photos 1

Megiddo: 08/H/38/VS9

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Late Bronze Age III, Iron Age I

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Megiddo /

Inclusions

FR: 25% 30-260 sr-r, some ferrug., OP: 5% 40-200 sr-r, Clay balls: 5% 80-450 r, Several: Basalt 60-450 sa-sr some ferrug., LS/CC 80-600 sa-sr, QZ 30-100 a, some zoned, feldspar 30-100 sa, calcite 50-350 a, chalk 150-600 sr-sa ferrug., Rare: chert 120-150 sa

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Megiddo 2a

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Philistine II: Iron Age Bichrome ware

1150 BCE - 1000 BCE

Iron Age I

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