BNAP-C-11

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	BNAP-C-11
ware	Coarse Wares
supposed site of production	Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments	archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	light reddish brown to gray, irregular; many fine to mid-sized dark inclusions, singular very large white particle
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	5YR6/4-5YR5/1
texture of freshly broken surface	irregular
hardness	hard
porosity	15%; void form: channel; vuhgy; void length: 0,1-12
inclusions	20%, length: 0,02-2
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,1-0,75
mica	frequent, angular, spherical - very elongate, white; dark, 0,02-0,04
black iron oxide concretions	frequent, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,1-0,6
red iron oxide concretions	infrequent, well rounded, spherical, rusty brown, 0,2-0,76
black inclusions	infrequent, angular, subspherical, black, 0,1-0,3
white inclusions	infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, white, 0,08-2,8

vessel form type	Basin
surface description	coarse
	Context Data
site of discovery	Naples Napoli, Piazza Nicola d' Amore
registration code of context	US 1831
registration code of object	Ia 4.13

sample taken	by Daniela Giampaola, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei
sample no	M 136/7

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Distribution of fabric type
“BNAP-C-11”

Cuma Naples Naples Cuma Bay of Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples Bay of Naples

production sampling

Representative sample for
“BNAP-C-11”

M 145/3

There are 3 more samples assigned to fabric type
“BNAP-C-11”.

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