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CAMP-C-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type CAMP-C-2
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Campania
certainty of arguments archaeological: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break light brown, fine; some white red and dark inclusions, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR6/4
texture of freshly broken surface fine
hardness hard
porosity 1%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,6
inclusions 15%, length: 0,04-0,32
sorting well sorted sand in different compositions
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.04-0,28
mica infrequent
reddish inclusions riddled with, rounded, spherical, red, 0,12-0,32
black inclusions riddled with, angular, elongate, black
foraminifera frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0,08
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