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PAE-REG-C-4

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-REG-C-4
ware Coarse Wares
supposed site of production Paestum region
visual excamination of fresh break red, irregular fracture, numerous fine white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 2.5YR 5/6
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.05-0.5
inclusions 15%, length: 0.025-1.5
sorting bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt
 

Inclusions
quartz infrequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.05-0.3
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025
carbonate pseudomorphoses riddled with, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.075-0.5
reddish inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, reddish brown, 0.3-1.5
black inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0.05-0.25
grey inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical, grey, 0.3-0.8
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