fabric type |
VEL-A-2
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fabric previously published as |
Impasto 9 |
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Velia |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour reddish brown and red, core grey, texture middle fine and compact, numerous fine to large inclusions: white, grey, red, mica, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
exterior and interior reddish brown 2.5 YR 5/3, red 2.5 YR 5/8, core greyish brown 10 YR 5/2 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
irregular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
5%; void form: channel (0.08-0.4), vughy (0.04-0.64); void length: 0.04-0.64 |
inclusions |
12.5%, length: <0.04-0.84 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
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quartz |
riddled with, rounded, subangular - very angular, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.84 |
mica |
frequent, spherical, angular, elongate, white, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
singular, rounded, subspherical, subelongate, white, 0.08-0.36 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, white, grey, 0.12-0.4 |
reddish inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, reddish brown, 0.04-0.44 |
black inclusions |
frequent, well rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, 0.04-0.24 |
foraminifera |
singular, well rounded, very spherical, white, 0.4 |