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Medieval - Grey reduced ware (6.GR.BE.0002)

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Category
Grey reduced ware (Medieval)
Fabric name
Chronology
Medieval > Late Medieval > 13th century
Dating method(-s)
/
Potters' mark
No
Additional information

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Site type
Pottery production
Location
Belgium; Oost-Vlaanderen; Lievegem
Site name
Oostwinkel, Diepenbeek
Excavation or Survey Team
W. De Clercq, K. De Groote, J. Moens & S. Mortier (Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen en Instituut voor het Archeologisch Patrimonium)
Additional contextual information
feature S8 (ditch); context consists of a pottery production wasters dump
Slip
No
Slip color
Glaze
No
Glaze type
Glaze color
Glaze additives
Additional information
Slip
No
Slip color
Glaze
No
Glaze type
Glaze color
Glaze additives
Additional information
Surface color
grey brown
Surface texture
Rough
Fracture color
grey brown-grey-grey brown
Inclusions (non-plastics/tempering)
medium grained (rounded) quartz grains (0.25-0.125 mm), rare coarse quartz grains (around 1 mm), brown and beige inclusions (0.5-1 mm, clay pellets ?), rare vegetal inclusion (temper ?)
Matrix and voids
/
Diagnostic features
Additional information
OW-DB ST5
Flepostore inventory nr.
ARCH1.L1.A11
Original inventory nr.
B0012
Collection
Archaeological Department, Ghent University
Type
Covered thin section
Comparable thin section(s)
Matrix
Oxidized fabric with brown core and light brown edges; light brown (PPL), brown (XP).
Homogenous matrix, non-calcareous with high optical activity.
- ca. 60-70%
Inclusions
Quartz (++; mono+, poly-), sedimentary rock detritus (+-; quartz arenite), chert (+-), metamorphic rock detritus (+-; low grade), feldspars (--; orthoclase, plagioclase), muscovite mica (--; eq), O/Fe (+-), CP/SP (-; iron-rich CP-, large SP--).
The inclusions range from fine to medium sand sizes and represent a sand temper added to a fine clay. Grains are generally rounded to subrounded. Overall the fabric is poorly sorted and moderately orientated, single to double spaced.
- ca. 20-25%
Voids
Small planar/channel voids, few larger vughs, no infill, well aligned.
- ca. 10-15%
Diagnostic features
The fabric is characterized by a homogenous oxidized matrix with high optical activity and moderate porosity. Dominant quartz inclusions with common sedimentary and metamorphic rock detritus, chert and opaques/iron oxides, few clay pellets/semi-plastics, and rare feldspars and muscovite mica. Mineral inclusions derive from added sand temper. Overall poorly sorted fabric.
Additional information
Different fabric from A0035/A0036.
Sample type
Pottery
Inventory number
6.GR.BE.0002
Collection
Archaeological Department, Ghent University
Donating institute/person
Archeodepot, Archeocentrum Velzeke
Host collection
Archeodepot, Archeocentrum Velzeke
Other samples available
No
Sample collection method
Archaeological Excavation

De Clercq et al. 2001a

Full reference

De Clercq W., De Groote K., Moens J. & Mortier S. 2001. Zomergem-Oostwinkel. Diepenbeek: 13de-eeuwse bewoning en pottenbakkersactiviteit. Monumentenzorg en Cultuurpatrimonium. Jaarverslag van de Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen 2000: 186-189.

 

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