FACEM - provenience studies on pottery in the central mediterranean

BNAP-A-8

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-A-8
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow, core: dark gray, granular; numerous fine to medium-sized white particles, some medium-sized to large dark brown inclusions, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/8, core: 7.5YR 4/0
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0.025-0.5
inclusions 20%, length: 0.025-0.875
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, subspherical, white, 0.025-0.875
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.25
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.625
carbonate pseudomorphoses infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.025-0.05
reddish inclusions infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, rust coloured, 0.025-0.5
black inclusions frequent, very angular, subelongate - subspherical, black, 0.025-0.5
more inclusions2 infrequent, very angular, subelongate - subspherical, light green, 0.025-0.375
Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-10-34