Slide: WD_28_24

Type F. Abundant natural temper with sparse lithic fragments apparently added manually.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr90 - Northcoast PNG type F

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
1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic

Images

Tarawai176_2 Tarawai176_2
Sherd 176-2 from Tarawai (Tarawai). Slide WD_28_24 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: 176-2

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Tarawai (Tarawai)

Suspected origin site: Aitape coast

References:

151 North Coast PNG, 1997 (superseded by 167) (Dickinson, W.)

167 sands, tempers, NW coast PNG, 2001 (Dickinson, W.)