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General Description
Late Chalcolithic Fine ware is distinguished by the finer chaff and sand temper, separating it from the other coarser LC wares. It generally has a yellow-buff color with some fine chaff or sand visible in section. Vessels are wheelmade.
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Characteristics
| Basis for Definition | Terrace associated with revetment wall, both inside terrace and in front of it (and possibly in front of the lowest steps of the staircase). |
| Identifying Attributes | Yellow-buff color, medium to high fire, wheel made on a fast wheel, fine chaff and sand temper. |
| Clay Type | Fine but not as well levigated as early third millennium fine wares. Medium jars can have coarse clay. |
| Temper | In small bowls the amount of very fine chaff is not well distributed, fine sand and some small calcite. Medium jars have more chaff and calcite temper. |
| Firing | Medium to high fire. |
| Firing Cloud | None. |
| Color | Yellow-buff to greenish-buff. |
| Shapes |
Small bowls and cups. Medium jars. Small vessels with a sharply carinated body. |
| Comments | A variation of this ware is one made with a reddish-pink firing clay with a yellow-white to green-buff slip. Less chaff and more sand are added to this variety. Shapes range from medium jars (wall thickness 1.5mm) to small bowls (wall thickness less than 1 cm). One possible thick footed base (wall thickness 1.5 cm). |
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