

CAL-A-6, M 119/170, 25x


CAL-A-6, M 119/170, 16x


CAL-A-6, M 119/170, 8x
fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
fabric type | CAL-A-6 |
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fabric previously published as | Impasto 21 |
ware | Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production | Calabria |
certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break | colour light reddish brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to infrequent large inclusions: grey, white, red |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | pink - reddish yellow 5 YR 7/4-7/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface | regular |
hardness | hard |
porosity | 3.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.6 |
inclusions | 12.5%, length: <0.04-1.04 |
sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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quartz | frequent, rounded, subangular - angular, subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, reddish, 0.06-0.92 |
mica | infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate | singular, subspherical, yellowish, <0.04-0.56 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses | singular, well rounded - rounded, subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.24-0.8 |
reddish inclusions | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-1.04 |
black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.12 |
foraminifera | frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical, subspherical, yellowish, 0.12-0.36 |
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