Site: Tavultae

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
tpr459 2 2 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, vitric
Madang pyroxenic lithic 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 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_88 tpr459 (Madang pyroxenic lithic) Tavultae 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microphaneritic

IL_1_88

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Sherd Clay and temper mix from Tavultae (PNG). Slide IL_1_88 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.

Clay and temper mix. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Pyroxene grains (10%) are colourless to pale green, angular and less than 0.3 mm across. Feldspars (8%) are angular and about 0.2 mm across. Opaque minerals (5%) are angular to subrounded and 0.1 mm across. The rest of the material is a brown clay.


References:

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