Halif Terrace S.101.100-90.292.1 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Halif Terrace S.101.100-90.292.1

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Context Information

Site Name

Tel Halif/Lahav, Halif Terrace, Site 101

Date

c. 3500-3000 BCE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Israel/Shephelah

Period

Early Bronze Age I

Archaeological Context

Locus 100078

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar, hole-mouth

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

paste, interior, and exterior all 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

applied knobs near rim, incised mark on upper wall, probably before firing

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made coil

Firing

fully fired

Vessel Images 1

Halif Terrace S.101.100-90.292.1

Jar, hole-mouth

Tel Halif/Lahav

c. 3500-3000 BCE

Early Bronze Age I

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Shephelah EBA Calcite-tempered ware

3400 BCE - 2200 BCE

Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age I, Early Bronze Age III

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel/Shephelah/alluvial clay/calcareous sand quartz silt

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

J. P. Dessel. Lahav I. Pottery and Politics: The Halif Terrace Site 101 and Egypt in the Fourth Millennium B.C.E.. Lahav Research Project Excavations at Tell Halif, Israel I. Winona Lake IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009 , Plate 2.23.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

incised mark on upper wall