Site: Mindiri

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
tpr274 1 1 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, microlitic, lathwork
Huon pyroxenic 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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_92 tpr274 (Huon pyroxenic) Mindiri 1 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic

IL_1_92

MT1_a MT1_a
Sherd Clay and temper mix from Mindiri (PNG). Slide IL_1_92 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.

Pyroxene grains are colourless to pale green, angular to subrounded, about 0.3 mm across. There are minor of small angular quartz or feldspar, minor magnetite and minor shelly fragments. Minor volcanic rock fragments are set in the brown clay.


References:

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