Achziv

8th century BCE

Jar

Israel/Northern Coastal Plain

Iron Age

Household/Utility

The clay is carbonatic, yellowish to red in PPL, rich with poorly-sorted carbonate micritic limestone, with many very poorly-sorted spherical and rounded iron rich minerals (up to 50µm). The matrix is very rich in microfossils, including planktonic foraminifera such as Globigerinella. In some cases the foraminifera are filled or surrounded with iron rich minerals. The fabric also includes benthonic foraminifera, such as Brizalina and coralline algae such as Amphiroa and Bryozoa. The inclusions consist of sub-angular to angular quartz (5-15% 50-150µm), limestone (~5% up to 200µm) and chert in different levels of erosion

Lebanon/Southern Coast/Neogene Marl/Quartz Inclusions and Marine Biogenic Debris