Slide: WD_20_5

Prehistoric sherd. Mineralogically complex non-volcanic sand temper. Exotic Ambon (Seram). Quartz, feldspar, chert-argillite, mica, tectonite, amphibole, clinopyroxene, serpentinite.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr80 - Gorom-Seram quartzose

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 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 quartzite, tectonite

Images

AmbonAT AmbonAT
Sherd AT from Ambon (Ambon). Slide WD_20_5 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: AT

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Ambon (Ambon)

Suspected origin site: Seram

References:

223 Maluku Tengah, Indonesia, 2002 (Dickinson, W.)