FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 1/8 |
| fabric type |
VEL-C-3
|
| supposed site of production |
Velia / Elea |
| sample taken |
October 1991, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Crossroad |
| registration code of object |
26/90 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares Banded Ware |
| object form |
Amphora |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| surface description |
coarse exterior: red metallike shining stripe |
| publication |
Gassner et al. 2014, 224 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
grey, smooth; many fine white and dark inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5YRN5 |
| texture of fresh break |
smooth |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.08-2 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0.04-0.6 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
grey inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, dark grey, 0.6 |
|
mica |
infrequent |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, white; clear, 0.08-0.4 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| publication (of analysis) |
Gassner et al. 2014, 238-39 |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVGK01d |
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