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IG-G-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type IG-G-1
ware Glazed Wares
certainty of arguments archaeometric: not certain
visual excamination of fresh break reddish yellow, soft, granular; large reddish brown inclusions, some dark gray inclusion, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 5YR6/6
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness soft
porosity 9%; void form: channel; void length: 02
inclusions 6%, length: 0,12-1
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

mica frequent
reddish inclusions frequent, angular, subelongate, rust coloured, 0,2-1
grey inclusions infrequent, angular, elongate, dark grey, 0,2-0,32
brown inclusions infrequent, rounded, elongate, brown, 0,12-0,4
white inclusions frequent, angular, elongate, white, 0,12-0,04
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