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La ceramica comune, le anfore e i laterizi: caratteristiche tecniche ed identificazione delle provenienze.
2009
This paper deals with the analysis of 51 ceramic samples selected from a larger number between the findings coming from the Scauri’s late Roman wreck. The samples, represented by daily use pottery (table ware, cooking ware), transport amphorae, tiles and bricks, were analyzed by means of thin-section petrography. The observations of thin-sections by the polarizing microscope was focused on the paste description as well as on the identification of compositional and/or textural makers to be used for recognizing the area of provenance (production center) of the ceramic objects. Therefore, features such as mineralogy, packing, size distribution and morphology of the aplastic grains were pointed…