Slide: WD_1_18

Wholly non-calcareous, poorly sorted andesitic sand temper made up dominantly of vitric, microlitic and some felsitic volcanic lithic fragments, feldspar is plagioclase. Coarseware. Clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr2 - Saipan volcanic

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 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic

Images

BP9 has a full slide scan available. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.


Sherd: BP9

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Unai Bapot (Saipan)

Suspected origin site: Saipan

References:

285 Unai Bapot, Saipan, 2010 (Dickinson, W.)

249 Unai Bapot, Saipan, Mariana, 2005 (Dickinson, W.)