FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 7/9
representative sample for CAMP-AT-1 |
| fabric type |
CAMP-AT-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Campania |
| sample taken |
October 1991, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea |
| registration code of object |
-86457 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Architectural Terracotta |
| surface description |
coarse |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
pink, soft, irregular; small to large dark and light coloured inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR7/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
soft |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
3%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.08-0.4 |
| inclusions |
8%, length: 0.2-1.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
very frequent, rounded, subelongate, black |
|
mica |
frequent |
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quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.2-0.4 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, elongate, rust coloured, 0.4 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ08 |
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