Figure 1: Moza Clay fabric. An Iron Age I Collared Rim Pithos from Giloh, in XP, field width = 2.7mm
Figure 2: Taqiya Clay fabric. An Early Bronze Age I Gray Bumished Ware bowl, in XP, field width
= 2.7mm. The inclusions are of grog
Figure 3: Lower Cretaceous clay and shale fabric. A Chalcolithic bowl from Teleilat Ghassul, in XP,
field width = 2.7mm. Quartz inclusions are seen within the ferruginous matrix
Figure 4: Lower Cretaceous clay and shale fabric. A Chalcolithic holemouth jar from Teleilat
Ghassul, in PPL, field width = 2.7mm. A ferruginous shale fragment (top, dark body) appears in
the clayey matrix
Figure 5: Terra Rossa soil fabric. An Iron Age II cooking pot from Jerusalem, in XP, field width =
2.7mm. Quartz silt (bright bodies) is frequent in the dark tan matrix. Chert (lower left) and voids
left after vegetal matter (dark elongated line in the upper centre) are the inclusions in this vessel
Figure 6: Hamra soil fabric. A Chalcolithic bowl from Palmahim, in XP, field width = 2.7mm.
Rounded, well sorted quartz grains (coastal sand) are the typical inclusions that accompany the
Hamra soil
Figure 7: Loess soil fabric. A Chalcolithic basin from Beer-Sheva, in XP, field width = 2.7mm. A
silty-calcareous matrix characterises the loess soil. The inclusions are a snail shell fragment (right)
and a shrunk mud ball (left)