West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000-600 BP)

Wikidata ID: Q137588785

The calcareous sand tempered ceramics found in Palau and Yap.

Parent ware:

All periods (5000 - 0 BP)

Child wares/s:

Ulong Basal (3000 - 2400 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
tpr35	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	metavolcanic
Yap hybrid lithic metavolcanic	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	Carolines
tpr36	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	metavolcanic
Yap hybrid	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	Carolines
tpr38	6	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	metavolcanic
Yap hybrid calcareous	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	Carolines
tpr43	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	metavolcanic
Yap hybrid metavolcanic	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	Carolines
tpr51	5	0	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	microlitic, vitric
Palau hybrid type III	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	Carolines
tpr52	4	0	2	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	microlitic, vitric
Palau hybrid type IV	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Carolines
tpr53	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	vitric, microlitic, felsitic
Palau lithic type V	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	Carolines

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_10_14	tpr35 (Yap hybrid lithic metavolcanic)	Yap	West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	metavolcanic
WD_9_10	tpr36 (Yap hybrid)	Yap	West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	metavolcanic
WD_9_12	tpr36 (Yap hybrid)	Yap	West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	metavolcanic
WD_10_11	tpr38 (Yap hybrid calcareous)	Yap	West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP)	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	metavolcanic
WD_10_2	tpr43 (Yap hybrid metavolcanic)	Yap	West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP)	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	metavolcanic
WD_10_5	tpr43 (Yap hybrid metavolcanic)	Yap	West Carolines Calcareous/Volcanic Sand (3000 - 600 BP)	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	metavolcanic
WD_12_19	tpr53 (Palau lithic type V)	Babeldoab (or nearby)	Ulong Basal (3000 - 2400 BP)	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	vitric, microlitic, felsitic

WD_10_14

Ngulu9 — Sherd 9 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_14 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.

Ngulu9 — Sherd 9 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_14 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.

Yap metavolcanic temper admixed with calcareous grains (reef detritus).

WD_9_10

yap14 — Sherd 14 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_10 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.

yap14 — Sherd 14 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_10 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.

Temper in which calcareous grains are dominant, but are admixed with minor amounts of Yap metavolcanics.

WD_9_12

yap16 — Sherd 16 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_12 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.

yap16 — Sherd 16 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_12 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.

Temper in which calcareous grains are dominant, but are admixed with minor amounts of Yap metavolcanics.

WD_10_11

yap15 — Sherd 15 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_10_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.

yap15 — Sherd 15 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_10_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.

Hybrid temper.

WD_10_2

lamotrek14 — Sherd 14 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_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.

lamotrek14 — Sherd 14 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_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.

Moderately sorted, subrounded shoreline temper sand. Yap origin.

WD_10_5

lamotrek11_33236 — Sherd 11-33236 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_5 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.

lamotrek11_33236 — Sherd 11-33236 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_5 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.

Probably 44_1.

WD_12_19

UL12 — Sherd UL12 from Ulong Islet (Ulong). Slide WD_12_19 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.

UL12 — Sherd UL12 from Ulong Islet (Ulong). Slide WD_12_19 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.

Volcanic sand tempers, predominantly, polyminerallic volcanic rock fragments, with reddish vitric (glassy) groundmasses, but also some with microlitic and felsitic groundmass textures (all suitable for derivation from andesitic source rocks).