Site: Laguas

Island: Guam


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
tpr20 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Guam lithic andesiitic 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Marianas
tpr22 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, felsitic
Saipan quartzose 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 Marianas

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_7_21 tpr20 (Guam lithic andesiitic) Guam 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 vitric
WD_2_25 tpr22 (Saipan quartzose) Saipan 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, felsitic

WD_7_21

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Sherd G3 from Laguas (Guam). Slide WD_7_21 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.

Sand temper likely derived from wares made on Guam.


WD_2_25

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Sherd Laguas2 from Laguas (Guam). Slide WD_2_25 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.

Sand temper likely derived from wares made on Saipan.


References:

187 Guam, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)