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W-SARD-A-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type W-SARD-A-2
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 pale brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine to some large inclusions: red, grey, white, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) pink 7.5 YR 8/3
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 1.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.8-0.24
inclusions 25%, length: <0.04-1.52
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz riddled with, rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, grey, white, reddish, 0.06-1.52
mica infrequent, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate infrequent, spherical, subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.08-0.28
carbonate pseudomorphoses infrequent, very spherical, subspherical, subelongate, reddish, pale orange, 0.04-0.12
reddish inclusions riddled with, rounded - subrounded, very spherical, subspherical, elongate, very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.12
black inclusions very frequent, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, elongate, very elongate, black, <0.04-0.2
foraminifera singular, subrounded, very spherical, subspherical, white, 0.2-0.28
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