Slide: WD_1_26

Calcareous (>90%) hybrid temper sand. Lithic. May not have quartz.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr1 - Saipan hybrid sand

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
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 felsitic

Images

SaipanBPX SaipanBPX
Sherd BPX from Unai Bapot (Saipan). Slide WD_1_26 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: BPX

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.)