FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 3/71 |
| fabric type |
PAE-C-2
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| sample taken |
July 1996, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II |
| registration code of context |
66/87 |
| registration code of object |
66/87 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| fragmentation |
wall |
| surface description |
smoothed |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
reddish yellow, granular; many fine to large white inclusions, some large reddish brown inlusions, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR6/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
7.5%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.04-0.2 |
| inclusions |
15%, length: 0.02-1.6 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.04-0.32 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, white, 0.12-0.6 |
|
grey inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical, metallic grey, 0.12-1 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04 |
|
quartz |
frequent, angular, spherical, clear, 0.12-0.8 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, angular, spherical, rust coloured, 0.4-1.6 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVGK02b |
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