Site: Manenggon

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
tpr19 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Guam vitric andesitic 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 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_8_5 tpr19 (Guam vitric andesitic) Guam 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric

WD_8_5

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Sherd 876 from Manenggon (Guam). Slide WD_8_5 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.

Historic sherd. Feldspathic andesitic volcanic sand temper, moderately sorted and composed of subrounded to subangular grains of very fine to medium size.


References:

323 Mariana, reports 1-15 for MTAT, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)