Slide: IL_2_2

Sio style. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. in diameter. Volcanic rock fragments (<10%) are up to 0.5 rnn across and contain feldspar microlites, opaques and altered glass. Angular pyroxene crystals are accessory. Elongate and rounded pellets are devoid of inclusions. The sherd also contains some large (up to 2 nm in length) ferruginized fragments which also contain opaques and plagioclase. These may be broken pot fragments. Opaque minerals.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr483 - Huon feldspathic 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 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, plutonite, microphaneritic

Images

Tuam4_1 Tuam4_1
Sherd 4/1 from Tuam (Tuam). Slide IL_2_2 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: 4/1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Tuam (Tuam)

Suspected origin site: Huon

References:

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