Slide: WD_29_14

Abundant well sorted and partially placered temper, manually added and typically pyroxene-rich (Type G). Clinopyroxene dominant, but minor orthopyroxene

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr91 - Northcoast PNG type G

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
0	1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic

Images

Tumelo46_1A_41 — Sherd 46-1A-41 from Tumleo (Tumleo). Slide WD_29_14 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.

Tumelo46_1A_41 — Sherd 46-1A-41 from Tumleo (Tumleo). Slide WD_29_14 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: 46-1A-41

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Tumleo (Tumleo)

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151 North Coast PNG, 1997 (superseded by 167) (Dickinson, W.)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