FACEM - provenience studies on pottery in the central mediterranean

CAL-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAL-A-1
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

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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