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CAL-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAL-A-1
fabric previously published as Impasto 5
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Calabria
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour very pale brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine and few large inclusions: grey, white, red, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) pink - very pale brown 7.5 YR 7/4, 10 YR 7/4
texture of freshly broken surface regular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-1.2
inclusions 10%, length: <0.04-1.2
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, rounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, grey, white, clear, reddish, 0.04-1.2
mica infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.6
reddish inclusions very frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, very elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.48
black inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, very elongate, black, 0.04-0.48
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