MOT-C-2, M 185/23, 25x
MOT-C-2, M 185/23, 16x
MOT-C-2, M 185/23, 8x
| fabric description | object data | archaeometry |
| fabric type | MOT-C-2 |
|---|---|
| ware |
Coarse Wares Plain Ware |
| supposed site of production | Mozia / Motya |
| certainty of arguments | archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break | colour red, texture middle fine and compact, numerous small to large inclusions: white, grey, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) | red 10 R 5/8, core red 10 R 5/6 |
| texture of freshly broken surface | granular |
| hardness | hard |
| porosity | 5%; void form: vughy, channel; void length: 0.04 (vughy), 0.06 (channel)-1.0 (vughy), 0.7 (channel) |
| inclusions | 17.5%, length: <0.04-0.9 |
| sorting | bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
Inclusions |
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| quartz | very frequent, well rounded - rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, clear, grey, white, 0.06-0.9 |
| mica | infrequent, spherical, elongate, white, <0.,04-0.04 |
| calciumcarbonate | frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.64 |
| carbonate pseudomorphoses | frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, 0.04-0.64 |
| reddish inclusions | infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.08 |
| black inclusions | infrequent, well rounded - rounded, spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.16 |
| foraminifera | singular, well rounded, very spherical, elongate, white, 0.24-0.3 |
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