FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 26/27 |
| fabric type |
PAE-REG-C-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum region |
| sample taken |
2017, by Bianca Ferrara |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Paestum / Poseidonia Heraion at the Sele river mouth |
| registration code of object |
P164.1 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares ceramica comune grezza |
| object form |
Closed Vessel |
| chronology of object |
5th to 3rd c. BC |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
strong brown, breaks irregulary,some grey, white and dark inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR 5/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
15%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.05-0.75 |
| inclusions |
25%, length: 0.025-0.4 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, black, 0.025-0.2 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
singular, subangular, spherical, white, 0.1-0.3 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded, subspherical, white, 0.16-0.3 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, rounded - well rounded, spherical - subspherical, grey; dark rim, 0.25-0.3 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025 |
|
more inclusions1 |
singular, angular, spherical, black; shining, 0.2 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.1-0.4 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Alberto De Bonis |
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