fabric type |
BNAP-C-11
|
ware |
Coarse Wares |
supposed site of production |
Bay of Naples |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish brown, core: dark reddish gray, laminated; many fine dark, some fine to very large white inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
5YR4/3, core: 5YR4/2 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
laminated |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
10%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-1,5 |
inclusions |
15%, length: 0,02-2,5 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subelongate, clear; white, 0,08-1 |
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical - very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,8 |
black iron oxide concretions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, black, 0,025-1,25 |
red iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rusty brown, 0,025-1,25 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, brownish black; glassy, 0,12-0,8 |
white inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,25-2,25 |
foraminifera |
singular, rounded, spherical, white, 0,12 |
more inclusions1 |
infrequent, angular, elongate - subspherical, white, 0,3-0,5 |