FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 3/89 |
| fabric type |
VEL-C-4
|
| supposed site of production |
Velia region |
| sample taken |
July 1996, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 2/91 |
| registration code of context |
230/91 |
| registration code of object |
230/91 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| object form |
Closed Vessel |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| surface description |
coarse |
| publication |
Gassner et al. 2014, 224 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
light red, irregular; numerous, partly large, quartz particles, some dark inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5YR6/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
8%; void form: chambers; void length: 0.08-0.8 |
| inclusions |
11%, length: 0.12-1.2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
brown inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, dark brown, 0.28-0.32 |
|
mica |
infrequent |
|
quartz |
riddled with, angular, spherical, white, 0.12-1.2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| publication (of analysis) |
Gassner et al. 2014, 234-37 |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVGK01h |
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