Slide: WD_30_18

Ansingsing. Well sorted, strongly abraded, hybrid lithic, non-placer aggregate temper sand. Microlitic rocks dominant, also felsitic and vitric.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr320 - Tanga lithic hybrid

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
3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 microlitic, felsitic, vitric

Images

Tefa_ETF1 Tefa_ETF1
Sherd ETF1 from Tefa (Tanga). Slide WD_30_18 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: ETF1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Tefa (Tanga)

Suspected origin site: Unknown.

References:

239 Tanga, PNG, 2004 (Dickinson, W.)