| fabric type |
PAE-A-2
|
| fabric previously published as |
Impasto 82 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Paestum |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions; white, grey, red, black, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
light red 2.5 YR 6/6-6/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
regular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
3.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-1.2), channel (0.08-0.4); void length: 0.04-1.2 |
| inclusions |
12.5%, length: <0.04-1.8 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - very angular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-1.8 |
|
mica |
very frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.08 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.4 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.4 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-1.32 |
|
black inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, black, <0.04-1.2 |
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