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MALTA-C-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type MALTA-C-2
ware Coarse Wares
Local Plain
supposed site of production Malta
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour red, core grey, texture coarse and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, yellow, black, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light red 2.5 YR 6/6, core grey 2.5 YR 5/0
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-6.8), channel (0.06-1.8); void length: 0.04-6.8
inclusions 12.5%, length: <0.04-1.4
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

mica very frequent, angular, elongate, spherical, white, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, <0.04-0.6
carbonate pseudomorphoses infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, 0.08-1.3
reddish inclusions very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.6
black inclusions very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.2
foraminifera frequent, well rounded, very spherical, subspherical, very elongate, white, reddish, 0.16-0.4
more inclusions2 frequent, angular - very angular, subrounded, subspherical, subelongate, brownish, reddish, yellowish, grey, 0.08-1.4
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