FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 24/2 |
| fabric type |
PAE-CBM-1
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| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| 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 |
Paestum / Poseidonia Foce del Sele, sector 7100, unit of stratification 9/10 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| object form |
Tile (cross tile) |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Archaic 6th cent. BC |
| fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
| surface description |
coarse |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
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| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, granular; numerous fine white particles, isolated large dark red inclusions, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR6/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
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| porosity |
10%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-0.25 |
| inclusions |
10%, length: 0.02-0.8 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
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Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.2-0.25 |
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carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.04-0.08 |
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grey inclusions |
frequent, subangular, spherical - subspherical, dark grey, 0.12-0.8 |
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mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04 |
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quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical, clear; white, 0.2-0.8 |
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reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, reddish brown, 0.04-0.12 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RPZ 1 |
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