CAL-A-1, M 119/159, 25x
CAL-A-1, M 119/159, 16x
CAL-A-1, M 119/159, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | CAL-A-1 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | Impasto 5 |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Calabria |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour very pale brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: grey, white, red, mica, vacua |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | pink 7.5 YR 7/3-7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-1.0 |
| inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-0.96 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, rounded - angular, subspherical, subelongate, white, grey, clear, reddish, 0.04-0.8 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | singular, rounded, angular, subspherical, white, 0.32-0.4 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | singular, rounded, very spherical, white, reddish, 0.12-0.32 |
| reddish inclusions | riddled with, rounded - subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.96 |
| black inclusions | very frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, black, <0.04-0.4 |
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