FACEM - provenience studies on pottery in the central mediterranean

BNAP-G-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type BNAP-G-2
ware Glazed Wares
Campana A
supposed site of production Bay of Naples
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow, fine
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,01-0,4
inclusions 7,5%, length: 0,01-0,5
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, subangular - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0,05-0,3
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,01
calciumcarbonate infrequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subelongate, white, 0,05-0,15
carbonate pseudomorphoses frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0,01-0,07
reddish inclusions infrequent, subangular - subrounded, subspherical, reddish brown, 0,02-0,17
black inclusions frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0,02-0,2
grey inclusions singular, subangular, subspherical, light grey with black inclusions, 0,2
foraminifera infrequent, angular, subelongate, white, 0,3-0,5
more inclusions1 singular, very angular, subelongate, black, glassy, 0,3
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