Horizontal rims, also out curving, direct, everted and incurving with plain and flat lips. Limited decoration: incision, punctation, applique (knobs and impressed bands), notching. Mainly jars (necked and neckless) but some carinated vessels and deep bowls. Medium textured, mainly (non-calcareous) sand tempered. Sites GLT3, GEF1/2/3.
Transitional Far Western (2350 - 1900 BP)
Admiralty Islands Wikidata ID: Q119230
Manus Province Wikidata ID: Q874935
| None (0) | Minor (1) | Few (2) | Common (3) | Frequent (4) | Major (5) | Very Dominant (6) |
| 0% | 0-5% | 5-15% | 15-30 % | 30-50% | 50-70% | 70-100% |
| Name | Cal. | Quartz | Feldspar | Pyroxene | Amphibole | Opaques | Olivine | Biotite | Muscovite | Epidote | Garnet/ Spinel | Ig./Met. Rocks | Sed. Rocks | Grog | Lithics/ Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tpr191a | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | microlitic, vitric |
| Manus andesitic placer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bismarck |
| tpr92 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | na |
| Mussau type A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bismarck |
| Slide | Fabric | Possible Origin | Ware | Cal. | Quartz | Feldspar | Pyroxene | Amphibole | Opaques | Olivine | Biotite | Muscovite | Epidote | Garnet/ Spinel | Ig./Met. Rocks | Sed. Rocks | Grog | Lithics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD_41_4 | tpr191 (Manus andesitic) | Manus | Admiralty Transitional (2300 - 1900 BP) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | vitric, microlitic |
Quartz-free andesitic temper sand. Stream sand present. Pyroxene < Hornblende.