| fabric type |
HIM-C-3
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| fabric previously published as |
HIM-REG-C-3 |
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| supposed site of production |
Himera |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
exterior: reddish yellow, fading to pink and pinkish gray, granular; mid-sized reddish brown particles, some very large dark gray inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior: 7.5YR 6/6-7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-1 |
| inclusions |
7,5%, length: 0,02-2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, white; clear, 0,15-0,6 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,03 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, yellowish white; white, 0,09-0,15 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, subelongate, white, 0,03-0,06 |
|
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, subelongate, brownish black, 0,03-0.09 |
|
red iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0,2 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subspherical, grey, 0,3-2 |
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