Yoqneam IS 002 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Yoqneam IS 002

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Vessel Registration Number:

Yoqneam L:12027 B:120290-3 DB:547

Site Name

Tel Yoqneam

Date

12th - 13th c. CE

Shape

Basin

Country/Region

Israel/Jezreel Valley

Period

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk,...

Functional Category

Household/Utility

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Description

The fabric is dark and alluvial, single-double spaced with ~30% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 20% bimodal quartz (20-50 μm sub-angular to angular, 60-350 μm sub-rounded to rounded); some: sub-angular to sub-rounded calcareous concretions, sub-rounded opaque minerals (30-80 μm).

Thin Section Photos 1

Yoqneam L:12027 B:120290-3 DB:547

Basin

Tel Yoqneam

12th - 13th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk, Ottoman

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Vessel Images 1

Yoqneam L:12027 B:120290-3 DB:547

Basin

Tel Yoqneam

12th - 13th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk, Ottoman

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Western Galilee (?) /

Inclusions

Quartz

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Local group 4 (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Raw Material

Alluvial

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Medieval-Modern Levantine handmade geometric painted ware (HMGP)

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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

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Bibliography

Gabrieli R.S., Ben-Shlomo D. and Walker B.J. 2014. "Production and Distribution of Geometric-Painted (HMGP) and Plain Hand-Made Wares of the Mamluk Period: A Case Study from Northern Israel, Jerusalem and Hisban" Journal of Islamic Archaeology 1 (2015), 193-229

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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