Tell Atchana RL-20 PS | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Tell Atchana RL-20 PS

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Vessel Registration Number:

Tell Atchana RL-20

Site Name

Alalakh, Tel Atchana

Date

1500 - 1300 BCE

Shape

Bottle

Country/Region

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

Period

Late Bronze Age

Functional Category

Household/Utility

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Description

Estimated volume percentage of inclusions: 1% quartz, 1% micritic limestone, 4% dark-red opaque inclusions

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Tell Atchana RL-20

Bottle

Alalakh

1500 - 1300 BCE

Late Bronze Age

Break Photos 0

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Turkey / Eastern Mediterranean

Inclusions

Quartz, micritic limestone, dark-red opaque

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Fine fabric group (Kibaroğlu et al 2019)

Raw Material

Alluvial red clay

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Associated Petrofabric

Turkey/Rough Cilicia/red clay/metamorphic rocks, quartz and micritic limestone

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Late Bronze Age Red Lustrous Wheelmade wares (RLW)

c. 1550-1200 BCE

Late Bronze Age

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Bibliography

Kibaroğlu, Mustafa; Kozal, Ekin; Klügel, Andreas; Hartmann, Gerald; Monien, Patrick. "New evidence on the provenance of Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware (RLW): Petrographic, elemental and Sr-Nd isotope analysis" Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 24 (2019), 412-433 , Table 4.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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