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 |
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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 |