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ISC-C-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type ISC-C-1
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Ischia
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break dark reddish gray, granular; numerous white and some dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR4/2
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,2
inclusions 20%, length: 0,08-0,4
sorting moderately sorted sand
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, angular, spherical - subelongate, clear; white; grey, 0.08-0,8
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04
red iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0,2-0,25
reddish inclusions infrequent, angular, spherical, light red, 0,2
black inclusions very frequent, angular, spherical, black, 0,12-0,3
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