Type: Orange Micaceous

Name, Origin, Date

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Orange Micaceous

Iberia/

1800-1900 CE

Historic (Spanish Colo...

Earlier/Alternative Names

General Information

Orange micaceous is similar to Mérida ware (Hurst 1973), however it occurs in smaller tableware vessels, and is a lighter orange in paste color than Mérida ware.


This description of Orange Micaceous comes from the Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramics Type Collection maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Detail Attributes

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Morphological Attributes

PLATO, POCILLO, TAZA

Technological Attributes

Bright orange, very...

Vessels  0

Break Photos  0

Petrographic Samples  0

Description

Bright orange, very compact paste with mica tempering that appears to sparkle. It is unglazed, often with narrow smoothing/scraping ridges visible.
Small, thin-walled vessels, occasionally decorated with incised or scratched designs. Inlay with chips of white feldspar has also been noted.

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Bibliography

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  1. Bruce Council. "Archaeology of the Convento de San Francisco", M.A., Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1975

Discussion/Acknowledgements

Deagan 2002 was also listed on the FLMNH website but the bibliographic information was not provided.