| fabric type |
CdE-A-3
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Circulo del Estrecho |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour pale brown and pale red, core light grey, texture middle fine and compact, frequent small to large inclusions: grey, white, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/6 and 6/8, core gley 1 6/- |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy, chambers; void length: 0.04-3.4 |
| inclusions |
12.5%, length: <0.04-1.9 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
|
quartz |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, subelongate, grey, clear, 0.04-0.8 |
|
mica |
frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
singular, subrounded, subspherical, yellowish white, white, 0.6-0.7 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.9 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, grey, <0.04-1,1 |
production
sampling
