Sediments exposed to high temperatures: reconstructing pyrotechnological processes in Late Bronze and Iron Age Strata at Tel Dor (Israel)
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Berna, Francesco
Behar, Adi
Shahack-Gross, Ruth
Berg, John
Boaretto, Elisabetta
Gilboa, Ayelet
Sharon, Il
Shalev, Sar
Shilstein, Sana
Yahalom-Mack, Naa
Zorn, Jeffrey R.
Weiner, Steve
Abstract
Sediments from Phases 12-9 (covering the end of the Late Bronze to the later part of Iron Age I) were examined to establish to what temperatures they were heated and what that might signify. The Phase 12-11 material suggested redeposition of materials from ovens or kilns. The material from Phase 10 indicated on-site heating to temperatures over 1000 degress C consistent with resmelting activities. The Phase 9 sediments reflected the high heat to which they were subjected in the conflagration that destoryed the building.
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Journal of Archaeological Science 34: 358–73
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2007
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Journal of Archaeological Science
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