Early Shortland (1500-1000 BP)

Wikidata ID: Q137766366

Thin plainware.


Parent ware:

All periods (5000 - 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
tpr110 0 1 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic
Shortland feldspathic 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Solomons

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_103_13 tpr110 (Shortland feldspathic) Bougainville/SI Early Shortland (1500 - 1000 BP) 0 0 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic
WD_103_14 tpr110 (Shortland feldspathic) Bougainville/SI Early Shortland (1500 - 1000 BP) 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic
WD_103_4 tpr110 (Shortland feldspathic) Bougainville/SI Early Shortland (1500 - 1000 BP) 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic

WD_103_13

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Sherd P5 from Alu (Shortland) (Shortland Islands). Slide WD_103_13 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. 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.

Early/Middle Transition Ware. Feldspathic sands in which plagioclase mineral grains of volcanic derivation form the predominant grain type. Distinguised from others by the green hornblende lacking brown pleochromic tints.


WD_103_14

shortlandP3 shortlandP3
Sherd P3 from Alu (Shortland) (Shortland Islands). Slide WD_103_14 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. 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.

Early Period Ware. Feldspathic sands in which plagioclase mineral grains of volcanic derivation form the predominant grain type. Distinguised from others by the green hornblende lacking brown pleochromic tints.


WD_103_4

shortlandP1 shortlandP1
Sherd P1 from Alu (Shortland) (Shortland Islands). Slide WD_103_4 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. 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.

Early Period Ware. Feldspathic sands in which plagioclase mineral grains of volcanic derivation form the predominant grain type. Distinguised from others by the green hornblende lacking brown pleochromic tints.