FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 3/54
representative sample for ION-ADR-C-1 |
| fabric type |
ION-ADR-C-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
| fabric previously published as |
GK 1 |
| sample taken |
by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 21-2/1988 |
| registration code of context |
80/88 |
| registration code of object |
80/88 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| publication |
Gassner 2003, 350, colour pl. 4 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, granular; many fine white, some light red inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR6/6-6/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.16 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0.12-0.6 |
| sorting |
poorly sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.2-0.6 |
|
mica |
frequent |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, white; clear, 0.12-0.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, red, 0.12 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVGK05 |
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