FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 26/23 |
| fabric type |
PAE-C-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| sample taken |
2017, by Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Paestum / Poseidonia Heraion at the Sele river mouth |
| registration code of context |
P168.3 |
| registration code of object |
P168.3 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares Ceramica comune grezza |
| object form |
Cooking Pot |
| object type |
Olla |
| chronology of object |
5th to 3rd c. BC |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
granular, many fine white, some dark inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5YR 5/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.08-0.7 |
| inclusions |
20%, length: 0.025-0.5 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black iron oxide concretions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, black, 0.05-0.25 |
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, well rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.1-0.2 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, well rounded, subspherical, white, 0.2-0.5 |
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mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.025 |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, clear; white, 0.2-0.55 |
|
white inclusions |
infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, white, 0.45-0.5 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section, chemical analysis |
| analysis author |
Alberto De Bonis |
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