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CAMP-C-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAMP-C-2
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Campania
certainty of arguments archaeological: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break pink to reddish yellow, fine; fine white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,36
inclusions 30%, length: 0,08-0,4
sorting poorly sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.08-0,6
mica infrequent
reddish inclusions singular, rounded, spherical, red, 0,12-0,4
foraminifera riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0,08-0,24
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