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CAL-A-6

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAL-A-6
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

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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