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CAMP-C-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAMP-C-3
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Campania
certainty of arguments archaeological: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break red, irregular; fine white and black inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 10R5/8
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,4
inclusions 20%, length: 0,08-0,4
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz riddled with, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.08-0,32
mica frequent
reddish inclusions singular, rounded, spherical, red, 0,2-0,2
black inclusions very frequent, rounded, subelongate, black
foraminifera very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,12-0,4
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