Slide: WD_102_3

Non-Lapita. Well sorted, subrounded to subangular aggreates that are probably beach sands. Volcanic rocks are felsitic (microcrystalline quartz-feldspar groundmass mosaic commonly with plagioclase microphenocrysts).

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr179 - Bismarck feldspathic

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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 felsitic, lathwork

Images

AnirL6 AnirL6
Sherd AnirL6 from Ambitle (Ambitle). Slide WD_102_3 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: AnirL6

Non-Lapita

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Ambitle (Ambitle)

Suspected origin site: Anir

References:

043 Anir, Solomon 1972 (Dickinson, W.)

200 Kamgot, Ambitle, Fani, PNG, 2000 (Dickinson, W.)