

CAL-A-1, M 119/164, 25x


CAL-A-1, M 119/164, 16x


CAL-A-1, M 119/164, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | CAL-A-1 |
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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 7.5 YR 7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.05-1.4 |
inclusions | 20%, length: <0.04-1.0 |
sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, white, grey, clear, reddish, 0.04-1.0 |
mica | infrequent, spherical, elonagte, white, <0.04-0.04 |
reddish inclusions | very frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, very elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.48 |
black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, very elongate, black, <0.04-0.68 |
foraminifera | very frequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, white, 0.06-0.48 |
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