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Medieval - Red oxidized ware (6.RO.BE.0001)

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Category
Red oxidized ware (Medieval)
Fabric name
Badorf-type ware
Chronology
Medieval > Early Medieval > Carolingian (8-9th century)
Dating method(-s)
morphological characteristics, radiocarbon dating
Potters' mark
No
Additional information
base fragment; radiocarbon dates based on charcoal fragments from layers inside the kiln (7-8th century) are in contrast with the morphological aspects

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Site type
Pottery production
Location
Belgium; Antwerpen; Beerse
Site name
Beerse, Asterstraat
Excavation or Survey Team
Excavations: ArcheoService (M. Vroomans); post-excavation: Erfgoedhuis Eindhoven, Archeologische Vereniging Kempen- en Peelland in collaboration with Nico Arts (gemeente Eindhoven) and Stephan Delaruelle (Archeologische Dienst Antwerpse Kempen).
Additional contextual information
excavation permit code: 2014/379; site-code: BE-AS-14; kiln feature numbers (wp3/S86, S206)
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
orange
Surface texture
Rough
Fracture color
orange
Inclusions (non-plastics/tempering)
quartz, oval red inclusions (up to several mm's) (=iron oxides ? clay pellets ?)
Matrix and voids
/
Diagnostic features
Additional information
BEERS-AST ST1
Flepostore inventory nr.
ARCH1.L1.A12a
Original inventory nr.
A0002
Collection
Archaeological Department, Ghent University
Type
Covered thin section
Comparable thin section(s)
Matrix
Orange-red fabric (oxidized); red-brown (PPL) and dark brown (XP). Some layering can be observed with an orange-red color (PPL) in a finer texture and dark brown edge.
Semi-homogenous matrix, non calcerous with low to no optical activity. The finer layer demonstrates low to medium activity and possibly contains some calcite content.
- ca. 60-70%
Inclusions
Quartz (++; mono- & polycrystaline, some weathered, altered, intergrowth), muscovite mica (+), iron oxides/concentrations (+), plagioclase/orthoclase feldspar (--), amphibole/pyroxene (--), sedimentary rock detritus (-; possible Q-arenite), possible granite inclusion (1x consisting of plagioclase and quartz), plastic inclusions (+; =natural clay pellets).
The coarse fraction varies from coarse to (very) fine sand (ca. 0.1 - 0.5mm), the fine fraction from very fine sand to silt. Possibly bimodal, unclear by overlap grain sizes between fine and coarse fraction. Grains are generally sub-rounded to rounded. Overall the fabric is very poorly sorted, single/double spaced and poorly orientated.
- ca. 30-35%
Voids
Small to large vuhgs, drying cracks surrounding plastic features/clay pellets, no clear alignment is visible. Some soil and iron concretion infill.
- ca. 1-5%
Diagnostic features
Semi-homogenous oxidised matrix with low to no optical activity and low porosity. Dominant quartz inclusions with frequent muscovite mica flakes, iron oxides/concentrations and plastic inclusions, and rare amphibole/pyroxene, feldspar, sedimentary rock and granite. Overall very poorly sorted.
Additional information
Likely sand temper (coarse fraction).
Sample type
Pottery
Inventory number
6.RO.BE.0001
Collection
Archaeological Department, Ghent University
Donating institute/person
Nico Arts (gemeente Eindhoven)
Host collection
Archeologische Dienst Antwerpse Kempen/Erfgoedhuis Eindhoven
Other samples available
No
Sample collection method
Archaeological Excavation

Arts et al. 2019

Full reference

Arts N., Deforce K. & Heirbaut E. 2019. A Carolingian settlement with two kilns of Badorf-type pottery at Beerse (Campine Region, Belgium). Unpublished article draft: 1-22.

 

Vroomans, 2014

Full reference

Vroomans J.-M. 2014. Beerse - Asterstraat. Evaluatierapport van het definitief archeologisch onderzoek. Archeologisch rapport ArcheoService.

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