Site: Walis

Island: Aitape coast


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
tpr87 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
Northcoast PNG type C 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 PNG
tpr88 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
Northcoast PNG type D 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 PNG
tpr89 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
Northcoast PNG type E 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 PNG
tpr91 0 2 4 3 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 3 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
Northcoast PNG type G 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 PNG

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_28_12 tpr87 (Northcoast PNG type C) Aitape coast 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
WD_28_15 tpr87 (Northcoast PNG type C) Aitape coast 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
WD_28_23 tpr88 (Northcoast PNG type D) Aitape coast 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 lathwork, microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
WD_29_9 tpr89 (Northcoast PNG type E) Aitape coast 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
WD_29_16 tpr91 (Northcoast PNG type G) Aitape coast 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic

WD_28_12

Walis161_1 Walis161_1
Sherd 161-1 from Walis (Aitape coast). Slide WD_28_12 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.

Type C. Abundant moderately sorted and subangular quartzofeldspathic non-placer temper sand.


WD_28_15

Walis163B_1 Walis163B_1
Sherd 163B-1 from Walis (Aitape coast). Slide WD_28_15 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.

Type C. Abundant moderately sorted and subangular quartzofeldspathic non-placer temper sand.


WD_28_23

Walis163B_2 Walis163B_2
Sherd 163B-2 from Walis (Aitape coast). Slide WD_28_23 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.

Type D. Abundant moderately sorted and subangular quartzofeldspathic non-placer temper sand.


WD_29_9

Walis161_2 Walis161_2
Sherd 161-2 from Walis (Aitape coast). Slide WD_29_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.

Type E. Abundant natural temper.


WD_29_16

Walis161_3 Walis161_3
Sherd 161-3 from Walis (Aitape coast). Slide WD_29_16 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.

Abundant well sorted and partially placered temper, manually added and typically pyroxene-rich (Type G). Clinopyroxene dominant, but minor orthopyroxene


References:

151 North Coast PNG, 1997 (superseded by 167) (Dickinson, W.)

167 sands, tempers, NW coast PNG, 2001 (Dickinson, W.)