fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-1
|
fabric previously published as |
Impasto 4 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour pale reddish brown, texture fine, fine inclusions: grey, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior and interior pink 5 YR 7/3, core light reddish brown 2.5 YR 6/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
regular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
3.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.0), channel (0.08-2.2); void length: 0.04-2.2 |
inclusions |
7.5%, length: <0.04-0.28 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, clear, 0.04-0.28 |
mica |
infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.08 |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, very spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, <0.04-0.16 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, 0.04-0.2 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.24 |
black inclusions |
very frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.28 |