FACEM - provenience studies on pottery in the central mediterranean

PAE-A-3

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type PAE-A-3
fabric previously published as IA 9
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Paestum
certainty of arguments archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break red, granular; many fine white inclusions, some mid-sized black particles
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) 2.5YR5/8
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 2%; void form: chambers; void length: 0,12
inclusions 6%, length: 0,12
sorting poorly sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.12
calciumcarbonate very frequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.12
black inclusions frequent, rounded, spherical, black
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