fabric type |
VEL-A-2
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fabric previously published as |
Impasto 9 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Velia |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour red and reddish brown, core pale brown, texture middle fine, numerous fine, some large inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior and interior light red and red 2.5 YR 6/8, 5/6, core light red 2.5 YR 6/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
3%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.44), channel (0.08-0.28); void length: 0.04-0.44 |
inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.88 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, greyish, yellowish, 0.06-0.32 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded -subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.28 |
reddish inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-1.2 |
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical, subelongate, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16 |