FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 54/1
representative sample for CAL-C-1 |
| fabric type |
CAL-C-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Calabria |
| sample taken |
July 1995, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Reggio di Calabria / Rhegion Lido ex stazione, area II, trench III, 1979/80 |
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Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| object form |
Jug |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| surface description |
coarse |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
pale brown, fine; some white, red and dark inclusions, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
10YR7/3 |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
2%; void form: channel; void length: 0.08 |
| inclusions |
1.5%, length: 0.12-0.2 |
| sorting |
poorly sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
mica |
very frequent |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, red, 0.12-0.2 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
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