Yap plainware (1900-0 BP)

Wikidata ID: Q137609216

Plainware. Tempered with burnt coral lime and coarse sand. Weak and thin walls. Made from 1900 BP but more dominant between 800-600 BP.


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
tpr272 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap metavolcanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 Carolines
tpr37 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap natural metavolcanic type D 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Carolines

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_9_2 tpr272 (Yap metavolcanic) Yap Yap plainware (1900 - 0 BP) 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_10_13 tpr37 (Yap natural metavolcanic type D) Yap Yap plainware (1900 - 0 BP) 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_10_8 tpr37 (Yap natural metavolcanic type D) Yap Yap plainware (1900 - 0 BP) 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic

WD_9_2

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Sherd 47-1 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_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.

Detritus derived mostly from metavolcanic greenschist.


WD_10_13

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Sherd 2 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_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.

Temper sand mainly composed of plagioclase and clinopyroxene grains, but with subordinate proportions of Yap metavolcanics.


WD_10_8

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Sherd 3 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_8 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 sand mainly composed of plagioclase and clinopyroxene grains, but with subordinate proportions of Yap metavolcanics.