FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 12/1 |
| fabric type |
ISC-CBM-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Ischia / Pithekoussai |
| sample taken |
September 1993, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Ischia / Pithekoussai Lacco Ameno |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| object form |
Tile (cross tile) |
| object type |
stroter |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
pinkish gray, granular; numerous fine to medium-sized black particles, some fine to medium-sized white inclusions, scattered shining gray particles |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR6/2 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.2-2 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0.12-0.8 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, subrounded, spherical - subspherical, black; glassy, 0.5-1 |
|
brown inclusions |
infrequent, angular, spherical, dark brown, 0.4-0.6 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.04 |
|
grey inclusions |
very frequent, rounded, spherical, dark grey, 0.12-0.8 |
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quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.2-0.6 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ 3 |
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