FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 7/8 |
| fabric type |
CAMP-AT-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Campania |
| sample taken |
October 1991, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
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| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea |
| registration code of object |
TCA 106 (86.455) |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Architectural Terracotta |
| fragmentation |
fragmentation not specified |
| surface description |
can not be identified |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
pink, granular; very large dark gray inclusions, sporadic small to medium-sized particles |
| colour of fresh break |
7.5YR7/4 |
| texture of fresh break |
granular |
| hardness |
hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
1.5%; void form: vughy; void length: 0.2-0.32 |
| inclusions |
7.5%, length: 0.12-3.2 |
| sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
black inclusions |
frequent, angular, subelongate, dark grey |
|
grey inclusions |
very frequent, angular, elongate, dark grey, 0.12-0.8 |
|
mica |
infrequent |
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quartz |
frequent, rounded, elongate, white, 0.32-0.8 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ08 |
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