Slide: IL_1_66

Sio style. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Pyroxene grains (<5%) are up to 0.3 mm in length. Red ferruginized clasts (<1%). Opaques and strongly altered volcanic rock fragments are accessory components. The sherd also contains less than 5% of fine grained angular quartz.

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 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic, microphaneritic

Images

Sio28_10 Sio28_10
Sherd 28/10 from Sio (New Guinea). Slide IL_1_66 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: 28/10

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Sio (New Guinea)

Suspected origin site: Sio

References:

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