Slide: IL_1_60

X style sherd. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. This red brown sherd is characterized by sub rounded to rounded black clasts up to 2 rnn across and small amounts of quartz grains widely scattered through the sherd.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr300 - Huon ferruginous

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	microlitic

Images

Sio28_4 — Sherd 28/4 from Sio (New Guinea). Slide IL_1_60 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.

Sio28_4 — Sherd 28/4 from Sio (New Guinea). Slide IL_1_60 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: 28/4

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Sio (New Guinea)

Suspected origin site: Huon

References:

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