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 light red,core light brown, texture coarse, numerous fine and some large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/8, core pink 5 YR 7/3 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
5%; void form: vughy (0.06-1.2), channel (0.12-2.4); void length: 0.06-2.4 |
inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.0 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded,subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.84 |
mica |
very frequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.06 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.04-0.4 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
singular, rounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish, 0.16-0.4 |
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-1.0 |
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded - subrounded, subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.2 |
grey inclusions |
infrequent, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, light grey, 0.28-0.88 |