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W-SARD-A-7

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type W-SARD-A-7
fabric previously published as Impasto 30
ware Transport Amphorae
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supposed site of production Western Sardinia
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour pale brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine and some large inclusions: white, red, grey, yellow, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) pink 7.5 YR 7/4
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 3%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.6), channel (0.2-1.6); void length: 0.04-1.6
inclusions length: <0.04-4.8
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.44
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, dark, white, <0.04-0.16
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.4
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.16-0.8
reddish inclusions riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.2
black inclusions infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.08
brown inclusions singular, subelongate, reddish brown, 4.8
foraminifera infrequent, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, reddish, white, 0.12-0.56
more inclusions2 singular, very elongate, red, 0.8
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