PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF A KILN ASH SAMPLE, TELL LEILAN, NORTHEAST SYRIA

Summary

A single sample of ash from a kiln at Tell Leilan was examined for phytoliths. The kiln

dates to approximately 2500 B.C. and was filled with over-sintered pottery (stacked wasters).

The interior walls of the kiln had begun to melt and most of the pots were warped and crumbly.

Phytolith analysis was undertaken to identify the fuel used in this mid-third millennium kiln.

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