Cyprus/Western South Coast
Late Byzantine
Cooking/Food production
Characterisedby quartz feldspar intergrowths (QFI), sometimes crushed and added as temper, sometimes as larger irregular aggregates, probably an original constituent of the raw clay. Other temper constituents may include quartz, feldspar, pyroxene, grog and opaques.
Quartz feldspar intergrowths are likely to be derived from the deep-seated basic and ultra-basic rocks exposed in the upper parts of the Troodos mountains. Their presence thus suggests a Cyprus origin.
Cyprus / Troodoos Mountains
quartz, feldspar, pyroxene, grog and opaques
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