Slide: WD_101_3

Non-Lapita. Poorly sorted and weathered volcanic sand. Plagioclase and microphaneritic igneous rock fragments (microgranular grains composed dominantly of plagioclase-clinopyroxene with subophitic internal texture of clinopyroxene crystals partly enclosing plagioclase laths), microlitic volcanic rock fragments, opaque iron oxides, clinopyroxene, green hornblende, and deeply weathered brown biotite

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr127 - Buka microgranular

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 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microphaneritic, microlitic

Images

BUK102 BUK102
Sherd 102 from Buka (Buka). Slide WD_101_3 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. 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: 102

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Buka (Buka)

Suspected origin site: Buka

References:

153 Bougainville, Buka, Nissan, Ontong Java, Shortland, Solomon, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)

054 Buka, PNG 1973 (Dickinson, W.)