Israel/Northern Coastal Plain
Byzantine
Transport/Storage
This sample is characterized by calcareous ferruginous matrix with small amounts of silt-size quartz and carbonate relicts. The clay minerals of the matrix had changed their optical properties due to the high firing temperature (750-800C, and even higher). The temper is well sorted sand-size quartz rounded to sub-angular. Sand size grains of plagioclase, chert and chalk are rare. The temper constitutes about 7-15 percent of the sherds’ volume. All the vessels have many thin cracks parallel to the surfaces and small amount of grass negatives.
