Slide: JS_1_36

Type X sherd. Grog B. Contains subordinate ferruginous grains. KAM F/TIM.33 Open site. Body.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr179a - Huon grog

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 na

Images

KAM1 KAM1
Sherd KAM/33 from Finschhafen (New Guinea). Slide JS_1_36 from J Specht. 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: KAM/33

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Finschhafen (New Guinea)

Suspected origin site: Huon

References:

224, Siassi, Huon PNG (Dickinson, W.)

Temper Sands in Prehistoric Oceanian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)