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Petrographic sample: Burgaz BZ.12.L4.wreck.2 PS

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Vessel Registration Number:

Burgaz BZ.12.L4.wreck.2

Site Name

Burgaz (shipwreck)

Date

late 6th - 7th c.

Shape

Transport amphora

Country/Region

Turkey/Aegean

Period

Early Byzantine

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

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Description

"On the whole, though their sorting and proportions of inclusions vary from sample to sample, the fabrics [of LRA1s on the Burgaz wreck] seem to reflect a generally consistent range probably reflecting diverse production across one broad geological area that may include more westerly parts of Cilicia given the general comparability of the fabrics analysed here to samples characterized by high limestone content" (Leidwanger et al. 2015: 304).

Thin Section Photos 1

Burgaz BZ.12.L4.wreck.2

Transport amphora

Burgaz (shipwreck)

late 6th - 7th c.

Early Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

Burgaz BZ.12.L4.wreck.2

Transport amphora

Burgaz (shipwreck)

late 6th - 7th c.

Early Byzantine

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

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Inclusions

Limestone, or reaction rims, and/or micrite, serpentine, some quartz, pyroxene, microfossils, feldspar, and occasionally small weathered volcanic rocks

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

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Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Rough Cilicia/red clay/red mafics, foraminifera, limestone, igneous rock

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

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Bibliography

Leidwanger, J; Green, E. S.; and Tuna, N.. "A Late Antique Ceramic Assemblage at Burgaz, Datça Peninsula, South-west Turkey, and the ‘Normality of the Mixed Cargo’ in the Ancient Mediterranean" The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 44 (2) (2015), 300–311 , Figure Fig. 5, Number BZ.12.L4.wreck.2, Page 304.0.

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