Slide: IL_2_1

Sio style sherd. "CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Pyroxene crystals are angular and about 0.4 mm in diameter. They are unaltered and show prominent cleavage traces. Volcanic rock fragments essentially contain ferruginized glass, feldspar crystals and small plagioclase laths. Opaques, rounded red brown clay clasts, ferruginized fossil fragments and feldspar grains are minor components. 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 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

Tuam1_1 Tuam1_1
Sherd 1/1 from Tuam (Tuam). Slide IL_2_1 from I Lilley. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: 1/1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Tuam (Tuam)

Suspected origin site: Huon

References:

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