Roman - Ceramic building material (5.CBM.BE.0001)
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- Category
- Ceramic building material (Roman)
- Fabric name
- Chronology
- Roman > Middle Roman / Late Roman > 2nd-3rd century CE ?
- Dating method(-s)
- /
- Potters' mark
- No
- Additional information
- tile fragment
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- Site type
- Pottery production
- Location
- Belgium; Oost-Vlaanderen; Temse
- Site name
- Temse, Markt/Oeverstraat
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Archeologische Dienst Waasland (ADW)
- Additional contextual information
- site code: Te.M.96; TEM 96/OII/4, BK 66, kiln 2
- Surface color
- orange
- Surface texture
- Rough
- Fracture color
- orange red
- Inclusions (non-plastics/tempering)
- quartz; rare grog fragment (max. 3mm)
- Matrix and voids
- vesicles and vughs (up to 3-4 mm)
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- sample TE_M_ST1
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- ARCH1.L1.B2
- Original inventory nr.
- A0018
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Matrix
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Oxidized red fabric; redbrown (PPL), dark brown (XP).
Semi-heterogeneous matrix, non-calcareous with no optical activity.
- ca. 35-50% - Inclusions
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Quartz (++; cf: -; mono, sr-sa, medium sand; ff: +; mono, poly, sr-sa, (very) fine sand to silt; bimodal), sedimentary rock detritus (+-; possible quartz arenite, ff), chert/flint (+-; ff), muscovite mica (++; ff, eq & el), biotite mica (-; ff, eq), feldspars (+; plagioclase, orthoclase: cf & ff), O/Fe (+), organic material (+-).
The coarse fraction consists of medium sand, the fine fraction varies from (very) fine sand to silt. Grains are generally subrounded to subangular. Bimodal, most likely natural. Overall the fabric is moderately sorted, moderately orientated and single to close spaced.
- ca. 40-50% - Voids
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Planar voids and vughs, well aligned parallel to the edge, some infill (soil?). Drying cracks associated with iron oxides and organic material.
- ca. 10-15%
- Diagnostic features
- The fabric is characterized by a semi-heterogeneous oxidized matrix with no optical activity and moderate porosity. Dominant quartz and muscovite mica inclusions with frequent feldspars and opaques/iron oxides, common sedimentary rock detritus, chert/flint, organic material, and few biotite mica. Bimodality and organic material are natural, no added temper. Overall moderately sorted fabric consisting of mainly fine inclusions with little matrix.
- Additional information
- Same fabric as A0019.
- Sample type
- Building material (decorative, construction)
- Inventory number
- 5.CBM.BE.0001
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Onroerenderfgoeddepot Waasland, Erfpunt
- Host collection
- Onroerenderfgoeddepot Waasland, Erfpunt
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Archaeological Excavation
Van Roeyen 1996
- Full reference
-
Van Roeyen J.-P. 1996. Gallo-Romeinse pannenbakkers op de markt te Temse. Gemeentemuseum van Temse, Jaarboek 1996: 62-75.
Van Roeyen 1997
- Full reference
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Van Roeyen J.-P. 1997. Gallo-Romeins productiecentrum voor bouwceramiek te Temse (0.-Vl.). Romeinendag 1997: 14-19.
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Last modified: 2024-04-26.