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CdE-A-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CdE-A-4
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Circulo del Estrecho
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour light red and light brown, texture middle fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: grey, black, red, white, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) light red 2.5 YR 6/6, interior area light reddish brown 2.5 YR 6/3
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.6 (vughy), 1.0 (channel)
inclusions 15%, length: <0.04-1.4
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, well rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, clear, white, 0.04-1.0
mica infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate riddled with, rounded - subrounden, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.3
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.4
reddish inclusions infrequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.6
black inclusions very frequent, rounded - subrounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, black, <0.04-0.8
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