| fabric type |
W-SARD-A-5
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| fabric previously published as |
Impasto 46 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Western Sardinia |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour pale brown and light red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, brown, red, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6, core pink 5 YR 7/3 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy (0.06-1.6), channel (0.04-0.32); void length: 0.04-1.6 |
| inclusions |
25%, length: <0.04-6.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, grey, white, clear, reddish grey, 0.04-0.56 |
|
mica |
very frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
riddled with, rounded - subrounded, subangular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate, elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subrounded, white, yellowish white, 0.12-0.64 |
|
reddish inclusions |
riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.16 |
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, elongate, very elongate, black, <0.04-0.12 |
|
brown inclusions |
singular, spherical, brown, 6.2 |
|
foraminifera |
infrequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, very elongate, white, 0.2-0.4 |
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