FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 3/94 |
| fabric type |
VEL-C-6
|
| supposed site of production |
Velia / Elea |
| sample taken |
July 1998, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Fortifications, wall B, trench 5/97 |
| registration code of context |
531/97 |
| registration code of object |
531/97-50 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Coarse Wares |
| object form |
Cooking Pot |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse rim fire darkened |
| publication |
Gassner et al. 2014 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
brown to dark grey, irregular; numerous white inclusions |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR6/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
irregular |
| 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: 0.04-1.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
brown inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, elongate, light brown, 0.08-1 |
|
mica |
infrequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.04 |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, white; clear, 0.08-1.2 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, subrounded, subspherical, rust coloured, 0.12-0.6 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| publication (of analysis) |
Gassner et al. 2014, 234-37 |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVGK01 |
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