VEL-C-6

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	VEL-C-6
ware	Coarse Wares
supposed site of production	Velia
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	brown, irregular; numerous quartz particles, some dark and red inclusions, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5YR4/1
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	10%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.08-0.8
inclusions	20%, length: 0.04-2
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, angular, spherical - subelongate, white; clear, 0.04-2.5
mica	infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.04
reddish inclusions	infrequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured; light red, 0.4-0.8
white inclusions	infrequent, rounded, subelongate, yellowish white, 0.5-1.5

fragmentation	body
surface description	coarse partly fire darkened
publication	Gassner et al. 2014, 224
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 3/91
registration code of context	504/91
registration code of object	504/91
chronology of context	Gassner 2003, phase Ib

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
publication (of analysis)	Gassner et al. 2014, 234-37
petrographic mineralogical type	RVGK01h
sample taken	July 1996, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 3/81
status of sample	sample surplus, thin section and heavy mineral analysis surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“VEL-C-6”

Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia Velia

production sampling

Representative sample for
“VEL-C-6”

M 3/96

There are 3 more samples assigned to fabric type
“VEL-C-6”.

The Coarse Wares of Velia Fabrics and shapes: Introduction Coarse wares comprise domestic pottery used as simple table ware, as cooking or kitchen ware or for storage of liquids and food. The greater part of the coarse wares found in Velia is made up of local products, import being reduced to special shapes like mortars or small transport vessels?

Pottery production at Velia: Ceramic raw materials and archaeometric analyses: Introduction The local production of pottery, bricks and tiles has been assumed for Velia as well as for many other colonies in Magna Graecia at a rather early stage of research, but the characteristics and the development of this production remained unknown for a long time?

Fabrics of Velia: The classification of fabrics is based upon the macroscopic analysis of all diagnostic fragments of the material of studied contexts of the Austrian excavations. These comprise a context of the Early Classical period in the Lower town of Velia...

Inclusions

Context Data