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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 reddish brown, edges dark reddish gray, irregular fracture,numerous white and dark inclusions, mica
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 2.5YR 4/4 - 5/4, edges 2.5YR 3/1
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.05-0.75
inclusions 15%, length: 0.025-0.75
sorting moderately sorted sand
 

Inclusions
quartz frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.075-0.5
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025
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
black inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.075-0.5
more inclusions1 infrequent, very angular, elongate, clear, 0.3-0.75
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