Slide: SB38_2_16

Has less pyroxenes and more lithics, than most Kendekeke tempers.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr364 - Kedekeke pyroxenic

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 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 lathwork

Images

Kabara6 Kabara6
Sherd KAB6 from Kabara (Kabara). Slide SB38_2_16 from Best Collection, Auckland University. 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: KAB6

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Kabara (Kabara)

Suspected origin site: Lau

References:

076 Progress report on origin of Kendekende tamper in Lau (Dickinson, W.)