| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
fabric type |
HIM-OD-1
|
fabric previously published as |
HIM-REG - OD - 1 |
ware |
Opus Doliare |
certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, irregular; some mid-sized black and white inclusions |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR7/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
10%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0,02-1,2 |
inclusions |
10%, length: 0,02-1,2 |
sorting |
unsorted |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0,24 |
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,03 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, yellowish white, 0,06-0,6 |
black iron oxide concretions |
infrequent, rounded, subspherical, brownish black, 0,03-0,3 |
red iron oxide concretions |
frequent, rounded, subspherical, reddish brown, 0,03-0,3 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, subangular, subspherical, light red |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
vessel form type |
Pithos |
surface description |
worn |
|
Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Himera Necropolis Ovest |
registration code of context |
W4053 |
registration code of object |
W4053 |
chronology of context |
late 6th-early 5th BCE |
| | 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 111/22 |
status of sample |
whole sample available |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | petrography | | |
sample number |
M 111/22 |
inventory number |
W4053 |
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 |
medium (10-20%) |
size |
prevalent:
very fine (0.04-0.1mm)
common:
fine (0.1-0.2mm)
rare:
medium (0.2-0.5mm)
|
roundness |
angular |
sorting |
scarce-serial |
maximum grain size |
0.3 |
|
Mineral Inclusions
|
prevalent |
Monocrystalline Quartz |
common |
Polycrystalline Quartz, Orthoclase, Muscovite |
sporadic |
Plagioclase |
rare |
Biotite |
|
Rock Fragments
|
sporadic |
Magmatic (plutonic) (Granitoid) |
|
Other Compositional & Textural Features
|
sporadic |
Chamotte, Microfossils, Micritic Clots |
quartz grain prevailing roundness |
angular |
|
Coating / Slipping
|
thickness |
|
conservation status |
|
|
Texture
|
homogenity |
not homogeneous (patchy) patchy: frequent |
optical activity |
slightly active |
color |
|
degree of sintering |
partly sintered |
|
Porosity
|
abundance of voids/pores |
low (<10%) |
orientation |
partial |
prevalent |
tiny (<0.01mm), small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), irregular |
rare |
cast |
|
Composition
|
clay composition |
|
|
Interpretation
|
estimated firing temperature |
low fired |
modelling of raw clay |
use of wheel |
refinement of raw clay |
bad |
refinement of temper |
sieved natural sand |
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