CAL-A-1, M 149/42, 25x
CAL-A-1, M 149/42, 16x
CAL-A-1, M 149/42, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | CAL-A-1 |
|---|---|
| fabric previously published as | PN impasto 5 |
| ware | Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production | Calabria |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour light brown, texture fine and compact, numerous fine inclusions: red, grey, white, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | irregular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5.0%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.12-0.24 |
| inclusions | 20%, length: <0.04-0.8 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, reddish, white, 0.04-0.8 |
| mica | frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, white, 0.04-0.6 |
| reddish inclusions | frequent, well rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate-very elongate, red, reddish brown, 0.12-0.6 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, rounded, angular, spherical, very elongate, black, 0.04-0.28 |
| foraminifera | infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.2-0.28 |
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