Site: Unai Chulu

Island: Tinian


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
tpr8 5 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, felsitic
Saipan hybrid quartzose 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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_6_9 tpr8 (Saipan hybrid quartzose) Saipan 5 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic, felsitic

WD_6_9

TinianUC1 TinianUC1
Sherd UC1 from Unai Chulu (Tinian). Slide WD_6_9 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.

Hybrid sand temper containing unstrained quartz as the most abundant terrigenous grain. Pre-latte.


References:

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

011 Mariana 1966 (Dickinson, W.)