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CdE-A-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CdE-A-2
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Circulo del Estrecho
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour light brown, texture middle fine, numerous small and few large large inclusions: grey, red, white, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) very pale brown 10 YR 7/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy, chambers, channel; void length: 0.04-1.6
inclusions 17.5%, length: <0.04-1.0
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - subelongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.9
mica infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, yellowish white, white, <0.04-1.0
reddish inclusions very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, red, reddish brown, orange, <0.04-0.5
black inclusions very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, red and black, <0.04-1.0
foraminifera singular
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