| fabric type |
CHI-A-1
|
| fabric previously published as |
A 16 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Chios |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeometric: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
light brown, granular; some medium-sized white inclusions, some dark inclusions, mica |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
7.5YR6/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
7%; void form: vughy; void length: 0,08-0,8 |
| inclusions |
6%, length: 0,08-0,8 |
| sorting |
bimodal: well sorted sand in well sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
|
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quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.08-0,4 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0,04 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.4-0.6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0,04-0,8 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, rust coloured, 0,12-0,28 |
|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, black, 0,04-0,3 |
|
brown inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, light brown, 0,8-1,5 |
representative sample for CHI-A-1 
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