Chemical, mineralogical and physical study of Late Iron Age ceramics from Nditam: Cameroon (West central Africa)

Heritage Science

Table 1 Macroscopic features of the studied ceramic samples

Samples	Group	Ornament	Part of the vessel	Type of ware	Colours
Samples	Group	Ornament	Part of the vessel	Type of ware	External surface	Internal surface	Fracture surface
CNDI 01	3	Impression	Rim	Semi fine	Dark red	Reddish	Reddish
CNDI 02	3	Impression	Body	Semi fine	Dark red	Light brown	Light brown/ reddish
CNDI 03	2	Tracing/ incision	Rim	Fine	Dark greyish	Grey	Reddish
CNDI 04	2	Carved roulette + tracing	Rim	Fine	Light grey	Grey	Dark grey
CNDI 05	1	Carved roulette	Rim	Semi fine	Black	Black	Dark brown
CNDI 06	3	Incision	Rim	Fine	Reddish	Reddish	Sandwich structure with a black core
CNDI 07	2	Impression	Body	Fine	Reddish	Greyish	Light brown
CNDI 08	2	None	Body	Semi fine	Light grey	Light grey	Light brown
CNDI 09	3	Carved roulette	Rim with a lot of mica reflection	Semi fine	Dark red	Dark brown	Reddish
CNDI 10	2	Incision/ tracing	Rim	Fine	Greyish/grey	Light grey	Dark brown
CNDI 11	2	Carved roulette	Rim	Semi fine	Light grey	Light grey	Light brown
CNDI 12	2	Impression	Body	Semi fine	Light grey	Light grey	Light brown
CNDI 13	2	Impression	Body	Fine	Dark brown	Dark grey/	Dark brown

The division into three groups is based on ceramics internal and external surface colours