fabric type |
W-CENT-SARD-A-3
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fabric previously published as |
F. 41 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
West Central Sardinia |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour reddish brown, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
yellowish brown 5 YR 5/6 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
5%; void form: vughy (0,04-4,0), channel (0,08-0,6); void length: 0.04-4 |
inclusions |
25%, length: <0.04-1.2 |
sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
riddled with, well rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, reddish, red, clear, 0.04-12 |
mica |
infrequent, spherical, white, <0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, subrounded, angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, yellowish white, 0.04-2.2 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
singular, subrounded, subspherical, white, 0.2 |
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.04-0.64 |
black inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.48 |