Israel/Central Coastal Plain
Late Mamluk-Early Ottoman
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The fabric is reddish yellow silty loam, with approximately 40% coarse silt and1% fine sand. The non-plastic components (sand and silt) are sub-rounded and moderately sorted. It was made of quartz and carbonate silt with some sand-sized inclusions of limestone and transparent and half-transparent quartz of reddish tan. There are also rare silt-sized grains of some black minerals while haven't been identified.
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limestone, transparent and half-transparent quartz of reddish tan, and some black material
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quartz and carbonate silt