Site: Finschhafen

Island: New Guinea       Lithology: NA ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic sedimentary rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2097418       Wikidata ID: Q15217719       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Morobe Province Wikidata ID: Q853664

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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
tpr179a 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 microlitic
Huon grog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 PNG

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
JS_1_36 tpr179a (Huon grog) Huon Type X (1000 - 500 BP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 na

JS_1_36

KAM1 KAM1
Sherd KAM/33 from Finschhafen (New Guinea). Slide JS_1_36 from J Specht. 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.

Type X sherd. Grog B. Contains subordinate ferruginous grains. KAM F/TIM.33 Open site. Body.


References:

224, Siassi, Huon PNG (Dickinson, W.)

Temper Sands in Prehistoric Oceanian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)