FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 231/2 |
| fabric type |
PAE-C-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| sample taken |
2017, by Antonia Serritella |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Paestum / Poseidonia Laghetto, excavation 1969 |
| registration code of context |
stray find |
| registration code of object |
LGH12 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| object type |
vertical handle |
| fragmentation |
handle |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
gray, irregular fracture, some fine white and large dark inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
10YR 5/1 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.1-1.2 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0.025-1.5 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - elongate, black, 0.1-0.8 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.25 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded, very spherical, white, 0.1-0.6 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025 |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.1-0.7 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subelongate, reddish brown, 0.1-1.5 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Alberto De Bonis |
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