| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
fabric type |
HIM-C-2
|
fabric previously published as |
HIM-REG-C-4 |
ware |
Coarse Wares |
supposed site of production |
Himera |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
pink, core: reddish yellow, granular |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR7/4, core: 7.5YR6/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
7,5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,04-1 |
inclusions |
10%, length: 0,2 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0,3 |
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,03-0,04 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, subelongate, yellowish white, 0,06-0,24 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, spherical - subelongate, white, 0,03-0,5 |
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, brownish black, 0,03-0,06 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
vessel form type |
Closed Vessel stamnoid pyxis |
surface description |
smoothed pink, 7.5YR7/4 |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Himera Necropolis Ovest |
registration code of context |
W479 |
registration code of object |
W 479,1 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
applied method for sample analysis |
thin section |
analysis author |
Montana/Randazzo |
sample taken |
September 29, 2009, by Stefano Vassallo, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo |
sample no |
M 111/16 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
sample number |
M 111/16 |
inventory number |
W479,1 |
analysis author |
Giuseppe Montana - Luciana Randazzo |
email |
giuseppe.montana@unipa.it; luciana.randazzo@unical.it |
institution |
University of Palermo - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM); University of Calabria Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST):
|
|
Inclusions Microstructure
|
distribution |
moderately homogeneous |
packing |
very low (<3%) |
size |
prevalent:
very fine (0.04-0.1mm)
sporadic:
fine (0.1-0.2mm)
|
roundness |
angular |
sorting |
scarce-serial |
maximum grain size |
0.25 |
|
Mineral Inclusions
|
common |
Monocrystalline Quartz, Muscovite |
sporadic |
Polycrystalline Quartz, Orthoclase, Plagioclase |
|
Rock Fragments
|
rare |
Magmatic (plutonic) (Granitoid) |
|
Newly Formed Phases
|
sporadic |
secondary calcite |
|
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
sporadic |
Microfossils, Micritic Clots |
quartz grain prevailing roundness |
angular |
|
Coating / Slipping
|
thickness |
|
conservation status |
|
|
Texture
|
homogenity |
moderately homogeneous patchy: frequent |
optical activity |
inactive |
color |
|
degree of sintering |
well sintered |
|
Porosity
|
abundance of voids/pores |
low (<10%) |
orientation |
partial |
prevalent |
tiny (<0.01mm), small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), irregular, cast |
|
Composition
|
clay composition |
|
|
Interpretation
|
estimated firing temperature |
well fired |
modelling of raw clay |
use of wheel |
refinement of raw clay |
bad |
refinement of temper |
sieved natural sand |
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