Site: Gitua

Island: PNG


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
tpr300 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 microlitic
Huon ferruginous 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PNG
tpr458 6 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
Huon calcareous 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PNG

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
IL_1_93 tpr458 (Huon calcareous) Gitua 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
JS_1_37 tpr179a (Huon grog) Huon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 na
JS_1_38 tpr300 (Huon ferruginous) Huon 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

IL_1_93

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Sherd Clay from Gitua (PNG). Slide IL_1_93 from I Lilley. 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.

CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Kukumei clay used by potters. Consists predominately of shelly fragments about 0.2 mm across. Some of the shelly fragments show cellular structure and are clearly corals and molluscs. There is minor feldspar and pyroxene grains, less than 0.2 mm across. Subrounded opaques, less than 1%. And a trace of collophane.


JS_1_37

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Sherd KBZ2_13 from Gitua (PNG). Slide JS_1_37 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, GrogC


JS_1_38

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Sherd KBZ2_14 from Gitua (PNG). Slide JS_1_38 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.


References:

Prehistoric exchange in the Vitiaz Strait, Papua New Guinea (Lilley, I.)

Type X Pottery, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea: Petrography and Possible Micronesian Relationship (Specht, Lilley, Dickinson)