FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 12/9 |
| fabric type |
ISC-CBM-3
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| supposed site of production |
Ischia / Pithekoussai |
| sample taken |
July 1994, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
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Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Ischia / Pithekoussai Santa Restituta |
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Object
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| object form |
Tile (cover tile) |
| fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
| surface description |
coarse |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
light brownish gray, irregular; many fine to large dark gray, scattered white inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5Y6/2 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
1%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.12 |
| inclusions |
25%, length: 0.04-0.6 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
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|
black inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subsperial, black, 0.2-0.6 |
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brown inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rusty brown, 0.2-0.4 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
riddled with, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.04 |
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grey inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, dark grey, 0.08-1 |
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quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear, 0.12-1.5 |
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reddish inclusions |
singular, rounded, spherical, red, 0.04 |
| | 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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