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PAE-REG-C-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-REG-C-1
ware Coarse Wares
ceramica comune depurata
supposed site of production Paestum region
visual excamination of fresh break brown; irregular breaks, some fine white and dark inclusions
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 7.5YR 5/4
texture of freshly broken surface irregular
hardness hard
porosity 7.5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.05-0.5
inclusions 25%, length: 0.025-1
sorting well sorted sand in different compositions
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, angular - subrounded, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.1-0.5
mica frequent, angular, very spherical, white; dark, 0.025-0.2
reddish inclusions infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, rust coloured, 0.02-0.5
black inclusions frequent, subrounded, subspherical, black, 0.02-0.25
brown inclusions infrequent, angular, subspherical, dark brown, 0.4
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