FACEM - provenience studies on pottery in the central mediterranean

BNAP-IC-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-IC-1
ware Ionic Cup
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break light reddish brown to reddish gray, fine; no visible inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/4 - 5YR6/2
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,01-0,4
inclusions 2,5%, length: 0,01-0,25
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0,02-0,2
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01-0,02
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,02-0,07
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0,02-0,12
black inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - elongate, black, 0,02-0,25
foraminifera singular, subrounded, spherical, white, 0,15
more inclusions1 singular, rounded, subspherical, black, glassy, 0,1
Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-144-13