| fabric type |
W-CENT-SARD-A-1
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| fabric previously published as |
MOT-A-1 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Mozia / Motya |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour red, core dark grey, texture coarse, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, red, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
red 10 R 5/8, core dark reddish grey 10 R 4/1 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
10%; void form: channel, vughy; void length: 0.04-0.9 (channel), 1.6 (vughy) |
| 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 |
very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, white, clear, 0.06-0.88 |
|
mica |
infrequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherrical, yellowish white, white, 0.04-0.32 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, subelongate - very elongate, yellowish white, white, 0.12-1.1 |
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reddish inclusions |
singular, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.12-0.24 |
|
black inclusions |
singular, rounded, spherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.16 |
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