FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 219/2 |
| fabric type |
PAE-REG-C-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum region |
| sample taken |
2017, by Antonia Serritella |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Fonte Goracci |
| registration code of object |
PF1581 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| object form |
Cooking Pot |
| object type |
olla (type 60M) |
| chronology of object |
Greek |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| dimensions |
diameter: 11cm (rim) |
| drawing |
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| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
dark reddish gray to reddish black, irregular fracture, some partly large white inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5YR 3/1 - 4/1 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: channel;vughy; void length: 0.05-0.6 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 0.025-1.5 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
mica |
very frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025-0.05 |
|
more inclusions1 |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, yellowish white, 0.25-0.75 |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear;white, 0.1-1.5 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Alberto De Bonis |
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