Slide: IL_2_16

Madang style sherd. "CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Pyroxene grains (<5%) are sub angular to sub rounded and up to 0.3 mm in length. Plagioclase grains, (<5%) are less than 0.2 mm in length. Sub rounded shelly fragments make up less than 2%. There is accessory volcanic rock fragments, red clay clasts and iron oxides.

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
2 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microphaneritic, microlitic

Images

Malai5_2 Malai5_2
Sherd 5/2 from Malai (Malai). Slide IL_2_16 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: 5/2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Malai (Malai)

Suspected origin site: Madang

References:

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