Slide: WD_101_4

Non-Lapita. Poorly sorted and weathered volcanic sand. Plagioclase and pyroxene.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr128 - Buka plagioclase pyroxene

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 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microphaneritic

Images

BUK101 BUK101
Sherd 101 from Buka (Buka). Slide WD_101_4 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. 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: 101

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.)