FACEM - provenience studies on pottery in the central mediterranean

CAL-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAL-A-1
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Calabria
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour light red, texture coarse, numerous fine to large inclusions: grey, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) reddish yellow 5 YR 7/6, core pink 5 YR 7/4
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 20%; void form: vughy (0.12-2.6), channel (0.08-2.12); void length: 0.08-2.6
inclusions 15%, length: <0.04-1.0
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz riddled with, well rounded, subangular - very angular, spherical - subspherical, subelongate - elongate, grey, clear, 0.04-1.0
mica infrequent, angular, spherical, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.16
calciumcarbonate very frequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.24
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, white, 0.04-0.8
reddish inclusions very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, reddish brown, red, <0.04-0.16
black inclusions infrequent, well rounded - rounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate-elongate, black, <0.04-0.16
foraminifera singular, rounded, very spherical - spherical, white, 0.12-0.24
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