FACEM - provenience studies on pottery in the central mediterranean

HIM-REG-C-6

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type HIM-REG-C-6
ware Coarse Wares
visual excamination of fresh break dark gray, core: brown, irregular; numerous fine to large white inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR 5/4, exterior: 10YR4/1
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; chambers; void length: 0,16-0,5
inclusions 40%, length: 0,02-0,75
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, subelongate, white; clear, 0,25
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01-0,3
black inclusions frequent, angular, subelongate, black, 0,16-0,3
more inclusions1 infrequent, angular, subspherical, yellowish brown, 0,16-0,3
Cite this page as: FACEM - http://facem.at/m-111-2