Slide: IL_2_15

Madang style sherd. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Does not contain carbonate shell fragments and there are some large porphyritic dacite rock fragments. Volcanic rock fragments are also more abundant.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr459 - Madang pyroxenic lithic

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 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microphaneritic

Images

Malai5_1 Malai5_1
Sherd 5/1 from Malai (Malai). Slide IL_2_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: 5/1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Malai (Malai)

Suspected origin site: Madang

References:

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