Slide: IL_1_15

Sio style. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Pyroxene crystals are less than 0.5 mm in length and make up about 5% of the sherd. Plagioclase grains are less than 0.2 mm in diameter and make up less than 5%. There are also some volcanic rock fragments, ferruginized clasts and opaque minerals. The clay is dark brown.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr274 - Huon pyroxenic

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%
Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
0 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic

Images

Sio6_15 Sio6_15
Sherd 6/15 from Sio (New Guinea). Slide IL_1_15 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.

Sherd: 6/15

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Sio (New Guinea)

Suspected origin site: Sio

References:

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