Israel/Carmel Mountains
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk
Household/Utility
The fabric is a brown marl/shale, silty with ~20% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 25% sub-angular to sub-rounded shale (50-800 μm), 10% calcareous concretions/limestone (30-280 μm), 5% sub-angular to angular quartz (20-120 μm); some: rounded foraminifera (30-80 μm), rhomboid dolomite (30-100 μm).
Western Galilee (?) /
Shale, calcareous concretions/limestone, quartz
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Local group 1a (Gabrieli et al 2014)
Marl/shale
11th c. CE - 20th c. CE
Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Ottoman, Ottoman