Medieval - Red oxidized ware (6.RO.BE.0007)

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Category
Red oxidized ware (Medieval)
Fabric name
Chronology
Medieval > Late Medieval > 1300-1350
Dating method(-s)
Potters' mark
No
Additional information
some very small and rare (accidental ?) glaze spatters are observed on the sampled ceramic objects but are absent on this wall fragment, therefore it is categorized as "Red oxidized ware"

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Site type
Pottery production
Location
Belgium; Oost-Vlaanderen; Gent
Site name
Gent, Steendam
Excavation or Survey Team
W. Desmet
Additional contextual information
loose find during construction works in 1995; no detailed contextual information (undocumented observations); part of an assemblage of 13 objects interpreted as potters waste
Surface color
orange red
Surface texture
Smooth
Fracture color
orange brown
Inclusions (non-plastics/tempering)
quartz (some rare larger quartz grains, max. 1mm), oval black inlusion (max. 3mm),
Matrix and voids
several small vesicles and vughs
Diagnostic features
Additional information
Sample type
Pottery
Inventory number
6.RO.BE.0007
Collection
Archaeological Department, Ghent University
Donating institute/person
Stadsarcheologie Gent, Onroerenderfgoeddepot De Zwarte Doos
Host collection
s
Other samples available
No
Sample collection method
Loose Find

Berkers et al. 2011

Full reference

Berkers M., De Smet G. & Stoops G. 2011. Steendam: laatmiddeleeuwse pottenbakkersvondsten. Archeologisch onderzoek in Gent 2002-2011. Stadsarcheologie. Bodem en monument in Gent, reeks 2, Gent: 151-168.

 

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