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W-SARD-A-7

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type W-SARD-A-7
fabric previously published as Impasto 46
ware Transport Amphorae
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supposed site of production Western Sardinia
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour pale brown and pale reddish brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, brown, grey, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) exterior and interior pink 5 YR 7/4, core pink 5 YR 7/3
texture of freshly broken surface regular
hardness hard
porosity 3.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.6), channel (0.2-0.8); void length: 0.04-1.6
inclusions 25%, length: <0.04-1.2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.8
mica frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, dark, white, <0.04-0.12
calciumcarbonate very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-1.0
carbonate pseudomorphoses infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.16-0.6
reddish inclusions riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.28
black inclusions infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16
foraminifera infrequent, well rounded, subrounded, very spherical, spherical, white, 0.16-0.32
more inclusions2 singular, well rounded, very spherical, yellowish brown, 0.04-0.48
more inclusions3 infrequent, subspherical, elongate, very elongate, reddish brown, 0.52-1.2
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