Site 140 fictive (Q394)
From Timna Valley Database
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| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Site 140 fictive |
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2022-01-17, Erez, Eshchar, Naama, Peter
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Verify, Mines. On the slope of a long white sandstone ridge is covered by a conglomerate layer with numerous, irregular 'plates' surrounded by mining effluent. Apparently the miners opted for the mineral sandstone configuration that was covered with a relatively thin layer of conglomerate. At the flat top of a low hill beyond the narrow wadi, beyond the site, was a group of 'plates', 1 m in diamet
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er, some of which were irregular in outline surrounded by mining effluent, containing stones and conglomerate gravel (Fig. 370.1). Most of the 'successes' in Areas A and B point to primitive mining technology, similar to pit minig in Timna or similar technologies. The number of flint tools found at Site 140 along with the primitive mining technology probably date the site to an ancient Chalcolithi
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