Site: Erromango

Island: Erromango


Fabrics:

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%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
tpr246 0 2 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 microlitic, vitric, chert, felsitic
Ambae basaltic 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Vanuatu

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_53_20 tpr246 (Ambae basaltic) Ambae 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic

WD_53_20

ErromangoPN42_118 ErromangoPN42_118
Sherd PN42-118 from Erromango (Erromango). Slide WD_53_20 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.

Also called SVMAP118. Basaltic sand temper.


References:

311 Ambae, Erromango, Vanuatu, 2014 (Dickinson, W.)