Ulong Upper (None-300 BP)

Wikidata ID: Q137588972

Grog tempered. Bowls, with exterior rounded lips. Some decoration with incision and fingernail impressions. Coiled with beating and added flanged rim.


Parent ware:

Palau grog ware (2500 - 200 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
tpr50 0 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 felsitic, vitric, microlitic
Palau grog type B/C/D 0 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 Carolines
tpr54 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 vitric, microlitic
Palau grog type II 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 Carolines

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_12_8 tpr54 (Palau grog type II) Babeldoab (or nearby) Ulong Upper (None - 300 BP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 na

WD_12_8

UL1 UL1
Sherd UL1 from Ulong Islet (Ulong). Slide WD_12_8 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.

Grog (composed of broken pottery).