Slide: IL_1_93

CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Kukumei clay used by potters. Consists predominately of shelly fragments about 0.2 mm across. Some of the shelly fragments show cellular structure and are clearly corals and molluscs. There is minor feldspar and pyroxene grains, less than 0.2 mm across. Subrounded opaques, less than 1%. And a trace of collophane.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr458 - Huon calcareous

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
6 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

Images

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Sherd Clay from Gitua (New Guinea). Slide IL_1_93 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: Clay

None

Site: Gitua (New Guinea)

Suspected origin site: Gitua

References:

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