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PAE-C-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-C-1
ware Coarse Wares
ceramica comune depurata
supposed site of production Paestum
visual excamination of fresh break breaks irregulary, some fine white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 2.5YR 6/8
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 5%; void form: chambers; void length: 0.05-1
inclusions 20%, length: 0.025-0.75
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.1-0.6
mica infrequent, angular, very spherical - very elongate, white; dark, 0.025-0.1
black iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0.1-0.25
red iron oxide concretions infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.2-0.25
grey inclusions infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, grey, 0.25
brown inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, brown, 0.25-0.4
white inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white; brown rim, 0.25-0.5
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