Israel and Palestinian Territories Ceramics: Compositional and Descriptive Data

Creator(s): Matthew Boulanger; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Year: 2014

Summary

This dataset contains compositional (elemental abundance) and descriptive data for a total of 2543 ceramic and clay specimens from Israel analyzed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). These data were generated by neutron activation analysis (NAA) at LBNL between the late 1960s and early 1990s. Data from the LBNL were transferred to the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri, where they were digitized for distribution through tDAR. Compositional data for some sherds are drawn from other sources, including publications and personal communications from other researchers. No guarantees are made regarding the accuracy of data provided in digital format by other researchers. See the "Analytical Notes" column to identify which specimens these are. Elemental abundance data could not be located for 346 of these specimens. All descriptive and contextual data are drawn from the Berkeley archives, and may be incomplete.

Cite this Record

Israel and Palestinian Territories Ceramics: Compositional and Descriptive Data. Matthew Boulanger, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 2014 ( tDAR id: 372682) ; doi:10.6067/XCV89884ZK

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Data Set Structure

Measurement Column
Count Column
Coded Column
Filename Column
Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: Database

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
LBNL ID VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
MURR ID VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Alternate ID VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Site VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Latitude DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Longitude DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Context VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Excavator VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Source Person VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Affiliation VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Material VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Ware VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Fabric VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Exterior Decoration VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Form VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Specific Form VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Piece VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Group VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Era VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Temper VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Notes VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Analytical Notes VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Powder Present in Archives VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Data Source VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Run VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Entry VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Al BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Ca BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
V BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Dy DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Mn BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Na BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
K BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Sr BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
As VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
U DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Eu DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Ba DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Sm DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
La DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Ti DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Lu DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Nd DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Co DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Sc DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Fe BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Ce DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Yb DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Cs DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Ta DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Sb DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Cr DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Th DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Ni DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Rb DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Tb DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Hf VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Zn BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true

Table Information: Information

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
Column #1 BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Column #2 BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Column #3 BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Column #4 BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Column #5 BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true

Keywords

Culture
Bronze Age • Byzantine • CHALCOLITHIC • Edomite • EGYPTIAN • Greek • Iron Age • Medieval • Midianite • Midonite • Modern • Negbite • Persian • Philistine • Roman

Material
Ceramic

Site Name
'Afula • Achzib • Ashdod-Yam • Ashkelon • Askelon • Avdat • Azor • Bar'am • Beersheba • Beit Shan • Beit Shemesh • Beth El • Caesarea • Dahariyeh • Deir el Balach • Fakhura • Genosar • Gush Halav • Hazor • Jelemie • Jerusalem • Kefar Hananiah • Kfar Saba • Khirbet Shema' • Lachish • Magdala • Mampsis • Megiddo • Meiron • Mo'a • Moyat Awad • Nitzana • Qasra • Ramla • Sepphoris • Shechem • Shikhin • Shivta • Tel Abu Hawam • Tel Akko • Tel Amar • Tel Ashdod • Tel Dan • Tel el Burj • Tel el Farah • Tel el Judeidah • Tel es Safi • Tel Kahlil • Tell 'Eitun • Tell Ajjul • Tell Arad • Tell Balata • Tell Beit Mirsim • Tell el Hessi • Tell Gezer • Tell Keisan • Tell Nagila • Tell Ta'Anach • Tel Masos • Tel Megadim • Tel Mor • Tel Nasbeh • Tiberias • Timna 2 • Timna 200 • Zova Show More

Site Type
Ancient Church / Religious Structure • Cemetery • Church / Religious Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Military Structure • Mine • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Settlements • Tomb • Town / City

Investigation Types
Collections Research

General
Ceramic Analysis • Ceramic Composition • Compositional Analysis • Geochemical Analysis • Geochemistry • Neutron Activation • Neutron Activation Analysis • Source Analysis

Temporal Keywords
Bronze Age • Chalcolithic • Iron Age • Medieval

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -1320 to -1150 (B.C.)

Spatial Coverage

min long: 34.288; min lat: 29.535 ; max long: 35.717; max lat: 33.294 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Matthew Boulanger

Contributor(s): Helen Michel; Michal Artzy; Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem; David Ayalon; Miriam Ayalon; Avraham Biran; Magen Broshi; Moshe Dothan; Trude Dothan; Adam Druk; Jay D. Frierman; R. W. Hamilton; Eric Meyers; Avraham Negev; Palestine Institute of Archaeology; Beno Rothenberg; The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, Jerusalem; University of Chicago Oriental Institute; University of London Insititute of Archaeology; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; David Adan-Bayewitz; Sara Ben-Arieh; Amnon Ben-Tor; Robert Brill; Gershon Edelstein; Jonathan Glass; Jan Gunneweg; Orna Hess; Y. Kaplan; G. Steinberg

Lab Director(s): Isadore Perlman; Frank Asaro

Source Collections

Archaeometry Laboratory, University of Missouri

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
LBNL_Israel_oPT_v2.xls 1.68mb Jul 22, 2014 8:26:23 AM Public