FACEM - provenience studies on pottery in the central mediterranean

SOL-A-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometrypetrography
fabric type SOL-A-4
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Solunto / Solus
certainty of arguments archaeometric: certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour gray, core brownish grey, texture fine and compact, numerous small and few large inclusions: white, dark grey, reddish, mica, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) very dark grey gley 1, 3/0, core reddish grey
texture of freshly broken surface smooth
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-0.6
inclusions 5%, length: <0.04-1.2
sorting unsorted
 

Inclusions

quartz infrequent, rounded - subrounded, spherical, subelongate, clear, white, 0.08-0.8
mica frequent, spherical, elongate, angular, white, <0.04-0.06
calciumcarbonate frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.56
carbonate pseudomorphoses very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, subelongate, white, yellowish white, <0.04-0.8
reddish inclusions singular, rounded - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, brown, 0.06-1.2
black inclusions very frequent, rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.4
foraminifera singular, rounded, very spherical, white, 0.28
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