Achziv

8th century BCE

Jar

Israel/Northern Coastal Plain

Iron Age

Transport/Storage

The fabric is non-carbonatic, rich with some silt (~10%), porous, dark brown to red in PPL with some iron accumulations and iron ooids (50-100µm). The silt contains mostly well-sorted angular quartz, fragments of Kurkar and limestone, chert and feldspars. The a-plastic components consist of moderately sorted sub-angular quartz (~10%, 50-200µm); kurkar fragments; lime stone many well preserved marine microfossils such as Amphiroa algae and other coralline algae and plant remains. Also visible shell fragments.

Israel/Northern Coastal Plain/calcareous/biogenic sand