Slide: IL_2_19

Sio style sherd. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Shelly fragments are generally subrounded and less than 1 mm in diameter. Pyroxene grains are up to 0.3 mm in length. Plagioclase occurs as angular grains less than 0.2 mm in length. There is also accessory iron oxides and red clay pellets. The clay is red brown

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 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

Images

Malai5_6 Malai5_6
Sherd 5/6 from Malai (Malai). Slide IL_2_19 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: 5/6

None

Site: Malai (Malai)

Suspected origin site: Huon

References:

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