VEL-C-7

fabric description

object data

archaeometry

fabric type	VEL-C-7
ware	Coarse Wares
supposed site of production	Velia
certainty of arguments	archaeometric: quite certain, archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break	light red, smooth; many fine white inclusions, some large reddish particles
colour of freshly broken section (munsell)	red, 2.5YR5/8
texture of freshly broken surface	smooth
hardness	hard
porosity	2.5%; void form: vughy; chambers; void length: 0.025-0.1
inclusions	2.5%, length: 0.025-0.45
sorting	unsorted
	Inclusions
quartz	very frequent, very angular, subspherical, white, clear, 0.025-0.45
mica	infrequent
black iron oxide concretions	infrequent, angular, subspherical
red iron oxide concretions	infrequent, angular, subspherical

vessel form type	Bowl ringfoot
fragmentation	base
dimensions	diameter: 6.5cm (rim)
surface description	smoothed light red, 5YR6/8
publication	Trapichler 2006, E1.306
	Context Data
site of discovery	Velia Fortifications, wall B, trench 5/98, unit of stratification 522/98
registration code of context	522/1/98
registration code of object	522/1/98-19

applied method for sample analysis	thin section and heavy mineral analysis
analysis author	Roman Sauer
publication (of analysis)	Gassner et al. 2014, 234-37
petrographic mineralogical type	RVGK01h
sample taken	2002, by Maria Trapichler, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University
sample no	M 3/103 representative sample for VEL-C-7
status of sample	sample surplus and thin section surplus available

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Distribution of fabric type
“VEL-C-7”

Velia Velia

production sampling

Representative sample for
“VEL-C-7”

M 3/103

The Coarse Wares of Velia Fabrics and shapes: Introduction Coarse wares comprise domestic pottery used as simple table ware, as cooking or kitchen ware or for storage of liquids and food. The greater part of the coarse wares found in Velia is made up of local products, import being reduced to special shapes like mortars or small transport vessels?

Pottery production at Velia: Ceramic raw materials and archaeometric analyses: Introduction The local production of pottery, bricks and tiles has been assumed for Velia as well as for many other colonies in Magna Graecia at a rather early stage of research, but the characteristics and the development of this production remained unknown for a long time?

Fabrics of Velia: The classification of fabrics is based upon the macroscopic analysis of all diagnostic fragments of the material of studied contexts of the Austrian excavations. These comprise a context of the Early Classical period in the Lower town of Velia...

Inclusions

Context Data