FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 231/4 |
| fabric type |
PAE-REG-C-4
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum region |
| sample taken |
2017, by Antonia Serritella |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Paestum / Poseidonia Laghetto, excavation 1969 |
| registration code of context |
stray find |
| registration code of object |
LGH9 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| object form |
Pot |
| object type |
olla, flat rim |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish brown, edges dark reddish gray, irregular fracture,numerous white and dark inclusions, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5YR 4/4 - 5/4, edges 2.5YR 3/1 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.05-0.75 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0.025-0.75 |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.075-0.5 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, dark rim, core often dissolved, 0.2-0.3 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.075-0.5 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025 |
|
more inclusions1 |
infrequent, very angular, elongate, clear, 0.3-0.75 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.075-0.5 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Alberto De Bonis |
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