Israel/Northern Coastal Plain
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/e...
Household/Utility
The matrix is a ferruginous, slightly calcareous clay, containing silt-size quartz. The dominant temper is quartz sand, with wellrounded to sub-angular grains, partially oriented parallel to the surface of the vessel. Plagioclase, feldspar, hornblende and chert are accessory components
present in the temper; occasionally coarse carbonate occurs. Temper constitutes 5–15% of the total volume of the sherd. The firing temperature to 750–800°C was estimated according to remaining amounts of carbonate component, color of the sample and stage of vitrification (i.e., the optical activity of the clay).
israel: nothern coast /
quartz sand
ferruginous, slightly calcareous clay
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