Petrographic sample: Yoqneam IS 001

Tel Yoqneam

12th - 15th c. CE

Basin

Israel/Jezreel Valley

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/e...

Household/Utility

Description

The fabric is a rendzina, slightly optically active, silty and single-spaced with ~30% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 30% sub-angular to rounded calcareous concretions/chalk (50-1000 μm), 10% sub-angular to angular quartz (40-350 μm), 1% rounded clay pellets (50-450 μm); some: sub-angular to sub-rounded calcite (40-80 μm), sub-rounded to rounded foraminifera (30-100 μm); rare: sub-angular to sub-rounded mica (50-100 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Basin
Tel Yoqneam
12th - 15th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Basin
Tel Yoqneam
12th - 15th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

Northern Israel /

Calcareous concretions/chalk, quartz, clay pellets

Local group 3a (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Rendzina/grumusol

Associated Ware/Ware Family

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Ottoman, Ottoman