FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 6/69 |
| fabric type |
VEL-A-2
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| supposed site of production |
Velia / Elea |
| 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 |
Velia / Elea Lower City, Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, trench 4/91 |
| registration code of context |
427/91 |
| registration code of object |
427/91-9 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Transport Amphorae |
| object form |
Amphora |
| object type |
Western Greek amphora |
| chronology of object |
Greek-Early Classic |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
coarse |
| publication |
Gassner 2003, 372 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
light red, granular; singular large quartz particles, few medium-sized white and black inclusions, mica |
| colour of fresh break |
2.5YR6/8 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
10%; void form: vesicular; void length: 0.04-0.4 |
| inclusions |
7.5%, length: 0.12-1.6 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
riddled with, rounded, subelongate, black |
|
foraminifera |
infrequent, rounded, subelongate, white, 0.4 |
|
mica |
frequent |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, subelongate, white; clear, 0.12-1.6 |
|
reddish inclusions |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, red, 0.2 |
| | 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, 251 |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVA001b |
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