fabric type |
CAL-A-1
|
fabric previously published as |
F. 5 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Calabria |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour light reddish brown texture fine, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, red, grey, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior and interior pink 7.5 YR 8/4, core pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
2.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.04-2.0 |
inclusions |
15%, length: <0.04-1.32 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
very frequent, rounded, subangular - angular, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-1.32 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, dark, <0.04-0.06 |
calciumcarbonate |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.2 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, rounded - subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, reddish brown, <0.04-0.72 |
black inclusions |
very frequent, rounded - subangular, spherical - subspherical, elongate - very elongate, black, <0.04-0.56 |
foraminifera |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, 0.08-0.76 |