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W-SARD-A-5

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type W-SARD-A-5
fabric previously published as Impasto 46
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Western Sardinia
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour pale brown and light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, brown, red, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6, core pink 5 YR 7/3
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy (0.06-1.6), channel (0.04-0.32); void length: 0.04-1.6
inclusions 25%, length: <0.04-6.2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, grey, white, clear, reddish grey, 0.04-0.56
mica very frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate riddled with, rounded - subrounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.6
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subrounded, white, yellowish white, 0.12-0.64
reddish inclusions riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.16
black inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, very elongate, black, <0.04-0.12
brown inclusions singular, spherical, brown, 6.2
foraminifera infrequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, very elongate, white, 0.2-0.4
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