Pidia (300-0 BP)

Wikidata ID: Q137757951

Plain untempered thick ware with plain and notched lips.

Parent ware:

Kieta ware (1500 - 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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
tpr115	0	0	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	microlitic, vitric
Pidia feldspathic-hornblendic natural	0	0	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	Solomons
tpr118	0	0	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	vitric, microlitic
Pidia modern	0	0	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	Solomons

Slides:

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_35_9	tpr115 (Pidia feldspathic-hornblendic natural)	Central Bougainville	Pidia (300 - 0 BP)	0	0	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	vitric, microlitic
WD_35_11	tpr115 (Pidia feldspathic-hornblendic natural)	Central Bougainville	Pidia (300 - 0 BP)	0	0	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	vitric, microlitic
WD_35_14	tpr118 (Pidia modern)	Central Bougainville	Pidia (300 - 0 BP)	0	0	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	vitric, microlitic

WD_35_9

Pidia60P_2 — Sherd 60P-2 from Pidia (Bougainville). Slide WD_35_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.

Pidia60P_2 — Sherd 60P-2 from Pidia (Bougainville). Slide WD_35_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.

Prehistoric potsherd. Poorly sorted, angular to subangular feldspathic aggregate sand temper, tan to brown vitrics. Andesitic.

WD_35_11

Pidia60P_4 — Sherd 60P-4 from Pidia (Bougainville). Slide WD_35_11 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.

Pidia60P_4 — Sherd 60P-4 from Pidia (Bougainville). Slide WD_35_11 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.

Prehistoric potsherd. Poorly sorted, angular to subangular feldspathic aggregate sand temper, tan to brown vitrics. Andesitic.

WD_35_14

Pidia60P_11 — Sherd 60P-11 from Pidia (Bougainville). Slide WD_35_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.

Pidia60P_11 — Sherd 60P-11 from Pidia (Bougainville). Slide WD_35_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.

Modern potsherd. Clinopyroxene dominant, but minor orthopyroxene.