Ancestral Madang (1300-500 BP)

Wikidata ID: Q139050359

Precursor to modern Madang pottery. Red-slipped with variable lips. Starting time unsure but probably 1000-1300BP, maybe older. Rounder shoulders than modern Madang, but a few may have the carination. Have notched band decoration.


vessel examples
Example vessels/sherds. Available via wikicommons.

Parent ware:

Non-coiled - Madang ( - 0 BP)


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%

Fabrics:


Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
tpr458 6 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
Huon calcareous 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PNG
tpr459 2 2 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, vitric
Madang pyroxenic lithic 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 PNG

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
IL_1_57 tpr459 (Madang pyroxenic lithic) Madang Ancestral Madang (1300 - 500 BP) 2 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microphaneritic
IL_1_58 tpr458 (Huon calcareous) Huon Ancestral Madang (1300 - 500 BP) 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

IL_1_57

Sio28_1 Sio28_1
Sherd 28/1 from Sio (New Guinea). Slide IL_1_57 from I Lilley. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Madang style sherd. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Pyroxene occurs in grains up to 0.3 mm in length. Shelly fragments, are subrounded and less than 0.3 mm in length. Opaque minerals and black ferruginized grains are minor. There are some rock fragments containing pyroxene and plagioclase crystals, opaques and a trace of altered glass. Between these large grains there are abundant fine angular quartz grains.


IL_1_58

Sio28_2 Sio28_2
Sherd 28/2 from Sio (New Guinea). Slide IL_1_58 from I Lilley. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Madang style sherd. CAUTION: Section less than 30 microns. Shelly fragments are generally subrounded and about 0.2 mm across. Plagioclase grains are about 0.1 mm in diameter and there are abundant small quartz grains widely scattered through the sherd. Opaque minerals are minor and there are some red to black ferruginized clasts. Pyroxene is rare.