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CAMP-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAMP-A-1
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Campania
visual excamination of fresh break reddish brown, granular, numerous small to large white inclusions, medium-sized to large black and some large red particles
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/4 - 6/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.025-0.375
inclusions 25%, length: 0.025-1.5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions
quartz frequent, subangular, subspherical, clear; gray, 0.025-1.5
mica singular, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.125
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.625
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.625
reddish inclusions infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, reddish brown, 0.025-0.75
black inclusions very frequent, angular, elongate - subspherical, black, 0.05-0.5
more inclusions1 frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.625
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