FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 112/3
representative sample for HIM-CBM-2 |
| fabric type |
HIM-CBM-2
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| supposed site of production |
Himera |
| fabric previously published as |
HIM-REG - CBM - 1 |
| sample taken |
September 29, 2009, by Stefano Vassallo, Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Palermo |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Himera Necropolis 2009 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| object form |
Tile |
| object type |
calypter |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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Visual Examination of Fresh Break
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| visual examination of fresh break |
Very dark brown clay, granular, full of visible inclutions of small or big (singular) yellowish colour |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5 YR 4/2 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
void form: vughy; chamber (singular); void length: 0.04-0.40 |
| inclusions |
length: 0.02-2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
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Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
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calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, orange; white, 0.15-0.6 |
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carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, rounded, spherical, white, 0.03-2 |
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grey inclusions |
frequent, rounded, subspherical, grey, i0.6-2 |
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mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.03 |
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quartz |
infrequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.3 |
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red iron oxide concretions |
frequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.06-1 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
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