Middle Shortland (1000-300 BP)

Wikidata ID: Q137766396

Incised and applied relief decoration


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_9 tpr110 (Shortland feldspathic) Bougainville/SI Middle Shortland (1000 - 300 BP) 0 0 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic
WD_103_15 tpr110 (Shortland feldspathic) Bougainville/SI Middle Shortland (1000 - 300 BP) 0 0 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic
WD_103_2 tpr110 (Shortland feldspathic) Bougainville/SI Middle Shortland (1000 - 300 BP) 0 0 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic
WD_103_7 tpr110 (Shortland feldspathic) Bougainville/SI Middle Shortland (1000 - 300 BP) 0 0 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic

WD_103_9

shortlandK1 shortlandK1
Sherd K1 from Alu (Shortland) (Shortland Islands). Slide WD_103_9 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Middle 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_15

shortlandP6 shortlandP6
Sherd P6 from Alu (Shortland) (Shortland Islands). Slide WD_103_15 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_2

shortlandM1 shortlandM1
Sherd M1 from Mono Island (Mono). Slide WD_103_2 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.

Middle 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_7

shortlandK2 shortlandK2
Sherd K2 from Alu (Shortland) (Shortland Islands). Slide WD_103_7 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.

Middle 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.