| fabric type |
W-SARD-A-6
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| fabric previously published as |
F. 79 |
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| supposed site of production |
Western Sardinia |
| certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
| visual excamination of fresh break |
colour pale reddish brown, exterior and interior light red, texture fine and compact with some large inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids |
| colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior and interior light red 2.5 YR 6/6, core light reddish brown 5 YR 6/4 |
| texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.8), channel (0.08-0.44); void length: 0.04-0.8 |
| inclusions |
2.5%, length: <0.04-1.6 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, very elongate, pale yellow, white, 0.08-1.6 |
|
mica |
very frequent, angular, spherical, elongate, dark, white, <0.04-0.06 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.04-0.8 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, yellowish, 0.2-0.6 |
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reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.32 |
|
black inclusions |
riddled with, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.08 |
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foraminifera |
infrequent, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, subspherical, white, <0.04-0.06 |
|
more inclusions1 |
singular, well rounded, rounded, very spherical, spherical, white, grey, 0.2-0.28 |
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