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CAL-A-1, M 92/55, 16x


CAL-A-1, M 92/55, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | CAL-A-1 |
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fabric previously published as | F. 5 |
ware | Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production | Calabria |
certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break | colour light reddish brown texture fine, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, grey, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | exterior and interior pink 7.5 YR 8/4, core pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-2.0 |
inclusions | 15%, length: <0.04-1.32 |
sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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quartz | very frequent, rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-1.32 |
mica | frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
calciumcarbonate | frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.2 |
reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded - subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.72 |
black inclusions | very frequent, rounded - subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, black, <0.04-0.56 |
foraminifera | frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.76 |
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