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Clay Petrography

Provenience

East of Xaibe, near Tacistal, middle of cane field with very red soil

Soil suite

Xaibe Plain

Percentage of shrinkage before firing

.1

Percentage of shrinkage after firing

.166

Munsell color before firing

5YR 3/2

Munsell color after firing

2.5YR 3/6

Aplastic spacing

More than double

Aplastic shape

Round

B-Fabric

Speckled

Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)

No distinct minerals

Quartz (%)

8

Oxides (%)

2

Clay (%)

85

Additional aplastics

Amorphous concentration feature