Slide: WD_17_9

Abundant vitroclastic glass shards of volcanic ash imbedded in the clay paste within temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr203 - Banda pyroxenic-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 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

Karkur77_3 Karkur77_3
Sherd 77-3 from Karkur (Wammar). Slide WD_17_9 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: 77-3

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Karkur (Wammar)

Suspected origin site: Banda

References:

221 Aru, west Irian, Arafura Sea, 2002 (Dickinson, W.)