BNAP-C-8

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-C-8
ware	Coarse Wares
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
visual excamination of fresh break	light brown, granular; some fine white and fine to mid-sized dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5YR7/4
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	7,5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,04-0,4
inclusions	10%, length: 0,02-0,6
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
mica	frequent, angular, spherical; very elongate, white; dark, 0,01-0,08
carbonate pseudomorphoses	riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,02-0,12
reddish inclusions	infrequent, angular, subspherical, rust coloured, 0,08-0,12
black inclusions	infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,1-0,5
brown inclusions	singular, rounded, subspherical, dark brown, glassy, 0,6
foraminifera	infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,1-0,2

fragmentation	body
surface description	coarse
	Context Data
site of discovery	Naples Napoli, Piazza Nicola d' Amore
registration code of context	US 2476A

sample taken	2010, by Daniela Giampaola, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei
sample no	M 136/15

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-C-8”

Cuma Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-C-8”

M 20/13

There are 1 more sample assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-C-8”.

Pottery Production in the Bay of Naples ? Problems, History of Research and Current Strategies: For more than a thousand years the Bay of Naples was not only one of the most important and dynamic areas of the antique Mediterranean, but also a region well known for its production of pottery?

Pottery Production in the Bay of Naples ? The Coarse Wares: The fabrics established below result from several sites in the Bay of Naples. The denomination ?Coarse Ware? comprises the traditional ware groups ?ceramica commune depurata? and ?ceramica commune grezza? as well as the coarser Banded Ware ?ceramica a decorazione lineare??

Ceramiche comuni e vernici nere dal quartiere artigianale di Piazza Nicola Amore a Napoli: Il materiale preso in esame è stato rinvenuto nel corso delle indagini archeologiche realizzate a Napoli in occasione dei lavori per la costruzione della Stazione Duomo della linea 1 della Metropolitana di Napoli, a piazza Nicola Amore?

Inclusions

Context Data