FACEM
Provenance Studies on Ancient Pottery in the Mediterranean
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| sample no |
M 8/46 |
| fabric type |
PAE-CBM-1
|
| supposed site of production |
Paestum / Poseidonia |
| sample taken |
September 1996, by Verena Gassner, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna University |
| |
Context Data
|
| site of discovery |
Velia / Elea Late Archaic mudbrick houses beneath Insula II, room 10, trench 6/91, level 14 |
| registration code of context |
628/91 |
| registration code of object |
628/91 |
| |
Object
|
| ware |
Ceramic Building Materials |
| object form |
Tile (cross tile) |
| fragmentation |
rim |
| surface description |
slipped covered with white slip |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| |
Visual Examination of Fresh Break
|
| visual examination of fresh break |
yellowish red, hackly; many small to very large white inclusions, many middle-sized to very large gray particles |
| colour of fresh break |
5YR5/6 |
| texture of fresh break |
hackly |
| hardness |
very hard |
| |
Observation Under the Binocular Stereoscope
(all lengths in mm)
|
| porosity |
10%; void form: vughy; channel; void length: 0.2-2 |
| inclusions |
30%, length: 0.02-5.2 |
| sorting |
unsorted |
| |
Inclusions
(all lengths in mm)
|
|
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, spherical, white, 0.08-0.4 |
|
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, well rounded, spherical, white, 0.04-0.08 |
|
grey inclusions |
very frequent, subrounded, spherical - subspherical, dark grey, 0.12-5.2 |
|
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, 0.02-0.04 |
|
quartz |
very frequent, angular, spherical - subspherical, white; clear, 0.12-3.2 |
|
reddish inclusions |
frequent, rounded, spherical - subspherical, rust coloured, 0.2-2.4 |
| | object data | | fabric description | | archaeometry | | |
| applied method for sample analysis |
thin section and heavy mineral analysis |
| analysis author |
Roman Sauer |
| petrographic mineralogical type |
RVZ10 |
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