| fabric description | object data | archaeometry | petrography |
| fabric type | IAIT-C-2 |
|---|---|
| ware |
Coarse Wares Painted Ware |
| supposed site of production | Monte Iato / Iaitas |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour grey, edges pale red, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | core pink 7.5 YR 7/3, edges pink 7.5 YR 8/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | smooth |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 1,5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-0.4, 1x 0.8 (vughy), 0.24 (channel) |
| inclusions | 20%, length: <0.04-0.6 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
|
| quartz | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, clear, grey, 0.04-0.6 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | riddled with, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.5 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | riddled with, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.24 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddis- brown, red, <0.04-0.32 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, black, 0.04-0.3 |
| foraminifera | singular, rounded, very spherical, grey, 0.32 |
representative sample for IAIT-C-2 Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/iait-c-2
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