Motza | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Motza

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Motza

Country/region:

Israel-Palestinian Aut...

Alternate names & spellings:

Moma, Tel Moza, Tel Moẓa

Coordinates (N,E):

31.80659862 , 35.1583423

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Pottery Neolithic, Iro...

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Site Description

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Related Images

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Vessels 70

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Motza Locus: 4655 Basket: 45688/4

Bowl

Motza

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Iron Age IIA

Motza Locus: 4247 Basket: 45667/7

Jar, storage

Motza

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Iron Age IIA

Motza Locus: 4539 Basket: 45179/9

Cooking pot

Motza

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Iron Age IIA

Motza Locus: 4539 Basket: 45205/5

Cooking pot

Motza

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Iron Age IIA

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Petrographic Samples 70

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Motza 138
Motza Locus: 2011 Basket: 32255/1
Motza

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Iron Age IIA

Magnification:
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Polarized Light?
XPL

Motza 101
Motza Locus: 2093 Basket: 33286
Motza

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Iron Age IIB

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Polarized Light?
XPL

Motza 121
Motza Locus: 760 Basket: 70382/1
Motza

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Iron Age IIB

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Polarized Light?
XPL

Motza 135
Motza Locus: 2019 Basket: 32127/4
Motza

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Iron Age IIA

Magnification:
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Polarized Light?
XPL

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

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Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

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Date:

Period:

Southern Levantine MBA-Iron Age cooking ware

c. 1800 - 500 BCE

Middle Bronze Age II, Middle Bronze Age III, Late Bronze Age, Iron Age

Associated Petro-fabrics

Israel/Jordan/Central Highlands/ferruginous clay/calcareous sand quartz silt and sand/dolomite silt (Terra Rossa)

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands/Moza clay/Aminadav sand-sized dolomite crystals

Israel/Shephelah/ferruginous clay/calcareous sand quartz silt

Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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