| fabric type |
CdE-A-3
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| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Circulo del Estrecho |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light red, texture fine and compact, frequent small to large inclusions: grey, black, white, red |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
red 2.5 YR 5/8 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy, chambers, channel; void length: 0.04-4.8 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.1 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-1.1 |
|
mica |
frequent, sperical, elongate, angular, white, dark, <0.04-0.08 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, well rounded - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-0.3 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
singular, very spherical, subelongate, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.3 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.5 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, black, grey, <0.04-1-0 |
production
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