HIM-A-1

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HIM-A-1

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

petrography

fabric type	HIM-A-1
ware	Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production	Himera
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	Brown colour clay with a good amount of visible and small inclusions of white colour
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	7.5 YR 5/4
texture of freshly broken surface	granular
hardness	hard
porosity	void form: vughy, channel (some); void length: 0.06-0.20
inclusions	length: 0.04-0.40
sorting	well-sorted silt/bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt
	Inclusions
quartz	infrequent, angular; subangular, spherical; very spherical, greyish-shiny-whitish, 0,12-0,32
calciumcarbonate	very frequent, rounded; well rounded, very spherical, white, 0,02-3-0,04
carbonate pseudomorphoses	frequent, angular, subspherical, yellowish-white, 0,08-0,40
reddish inclusions	singular, rounded; subrounded, elongate; subspherical, red, 0,08-0,24

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

petrography

sample number	M 179/160
inventory number	W3433 HA13952
analysis author	Giuseppe Montana - Luciana Randazzo
email	giuseppe.montana@unipa.it; luciana.randazzo@unical.it
institution	University of Palermo - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM); University of Calabria Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST):
	Inclusions Microstructure
distribution	homogeneous
packing	medium (10-20%)
size	prevalent: very fine (0.04-0.1mm), medium (0.2-0.5mm) sporadic: fine (0.1-0.2mm)
roundness	angular
sorting	scarce-bimodal
maximum grain size	0.4
	Mineral Inclusions
prevalent	Monocrystalline Quartz
common	Polycrystalline Quartz
sporadic	Orthoclase, Muscovite
rare	Plagioclase, Accessory & Heavy Minerals (Iron oxides)
	Rock Fragments
sporadic	Sedimentary (Siltstone, Sandstone)
	Newly Formed Phases
sporadic	secondary calcite
	Other Compositional & Textural Features
sporadic	Microfossils, Micritic Clots
quartz grain prevailing roundness	angular
	Coating / Slipping
thickness
conservation status
	Texture
homogenity	moderately homogeneous patchy: sporadic
optical activity	inactive
color
degree of sintering	well sintered
	Porosity
abundance of voids/pores	low (<10%)
orientation	partial
prevalent	tiny (<0.01mm), small (0.01-0.1mm), medium (0.1-1mm), irregular, vesicular, cast
	Composition
clay composition	ca-rich
	Interpretation
estimated firing temperature	well fired
modelling of raw clay	use of wheel
refinement of raw clay	acceptable
refinement of temper	sieved natural sand

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Distribution of fabric type
“HIM-A-1”

Himera Himera Himera Himera Himera Himera Himera Himera

production sampling

Representative sample for
“HIM-A-1”

There are 3 more samples assigned to fabric type
“HIM-A-1”.

Western Greek amphorae produced at Himera: Introduction Due to its geographical location at the northwestern edge of an ample and fertile plain, Himera?s agricultural and farming characteristics are undoubted. Notwithstanding historically close relations between the colony and its hinterland inhabited by native communities, at present no archaeological evidences testify to a local amphorae production destined to the commercialization of an agricultural surplus

New fabrics of the production centre of Himera: Introduction The present research builds upon findings from the previous publication of a selection of 22 samples presumably produced in the region of Himera and taken from ceramic objects excavated during the 2009 excavations in the western necropolis of Himera