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PAE-REG-C-2

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-REG-C-2
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Paestum region
visual excamination of fresh break dark yellowish brown, irregular fracture; numerous fine white and dark inclusions, singular large brown particle
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR 4/4
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 20%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0.08-1
inclusions 25%, length: 0.025-1.5
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, white, 0.02-0.75
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white; yellowish white, 0.08-0.3
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0.08-1.6
black inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - elongate, black, 0.04-1.5
more inclusions1 singular, very angular, spherical, green, 0.08
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