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W-SARD-A-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type W-SARD-A-3
fabric previously published as Impasto 30
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Western Sardinia
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour very pale brown, texture fine and compact, some fine and some large inclusions: white, brown, red, grey
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) pink 7.5 YR 7/4
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 2.5%; void form: vughy (0.06-1.6), channel (0.12-0.8); void length: 0.06-1.6
inclusions 25%, length: <0.04-14.4
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, grey, clear, 0.04-0.28
mica infrequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, white, 0.04-0.4
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, subrounded, very spherical, subelongate, white, yellowish brown, 0.2-0.8
reddish inclusions riddled with, very spherical - subspherical, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.2
black inclusions very frequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, black, 0.04-0.44
brown inclusions singular, elongate - very elongate, brown, 2.0-14.4
foraminifera infrequent, well rounded, very spherical, orange, yellowish, white, 0.12-0.28
more inclusions2 infrequent, subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish brown, 0.16-0.8
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