FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 1/10 |
| fabric type |
VEL-C-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Velia / Elea |
| sample taken |
October 1991, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Crossroad |
| registration code of object |
26/90 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares Banded Ware |
| object form |
Krater |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Classic |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| publication |
Gassner et al. 2014, 223 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, some large dark rounded clay particles, fine; fine to medium-sized white inclusions, few small to very large red inclusons, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
fine |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
2.5%; void form: channel; vughy; void length: 0.2-1.2 |
| inclusions |
4%, length: 0.4 |
| sorting |
moderately sorted sand |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
grey inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, grey, 0.04-0.4 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.04-0.4 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.04-0.6 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| publication (of analysis) |
Gassner et al. 2014, 238-39 |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVGK01d |
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