Afula002 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Afula002

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Vessel Registration Number:

Afula L:273 B:2126/3 DB:660

Site Name

Afula

Date

14th - 15th c. CE

Shape

Jar, hole-mouth

Country/Region

Israel/Jezreel Valley

Period

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

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Description

The fabric is a silty and optically active rendzina/marl, single-double spaced with ~5% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 20% angular to rhomboid calcite (100-900 μm); some: angular quartz (20-50 μm), sub-rounded to rounded calcareous concretions, rhomboid dolomite (40-80 μm), rounded foraminifera (30-80 μm).

Thin Section Photos 1

Afula L:273 B:2126/3 DB:660

Jar, hole-mouth

Afula

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

Afula L:273 B:2126/3 DB:660

Jar, hole-mouth

Afula

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Northern Israel /

Inclusions

Calcite

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Local group 3d (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Raw Material

Rendzina/marl

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Calcareous/foraminiferous rendzina soil on Upper Cretaceous formations

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Medieval-Modern Levantine Handmade Cooking ware

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

Frankish/Ayyubid, Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Ottoman, Ottoman

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Bibliography

Gabrieli R.S., Ben-Shlomo D. and Walker B.J. 2014. "Production and Distribution of Geometric-Painted (HMGP) and Plain Hand-Made Wares of the Mamluk Period: A Case Study from Northern Israel, Jerusalem and Hisban" Journal of Islamic Archaeology 1 (2015), 193-229

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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