Zelef (Shibli) 1409 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Zelef (Shibli) 1409

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Vessel Registration Number:

Zelef (Shibli) 1409

Site Name

Horbat Zelef

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Country/Region

Israel/Galilee

Period

Early Bronze Age III

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Description

The raw material is characterized by argillaceous ferruginous clay, showing birefringence, rich in silt-sized quartz grains. and iron oxides. The main non-plastic

components are basalt fragments.The clay is mixed with terra rosa soil, which appears as mud balls.

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Zelef (Shibli) 1409

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Horbat Zelef

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Early Bronze Age III

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Israel / Jezreel Valley

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Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

basaltic brown Mediterranean soil

Raw Material

Argillaceous ferruginous clay, showing birefringence, rich in silt-sized quartz grains

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel/Golan/Galilee/Jezreel Valley/Basaltic soil

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

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Bibliography

Cohen-Weinberger, A. "Provenance of the Early Bronze Age III Khirbet Kerak Ware and Intermediate Bronze Age Vessels from a Burial Cave near Horbat Zelef" 'Atiqot 68 (2011), 59-63

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