Slide: WD_30_21

Angkikita. Hornblendic-pyroxenic aggregate temper sand, subangular to subrounded, moderately sorted, and variably placered.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr322 - Tanga hornblendic pyroxenic

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 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic

Images

Lif_ETM4860 Lif_ETM4860
Sherd ETM4860 from Lif (Tanga). Slide WD_30_21 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: ETM4860

None

Ware/Period: Middle Far Western Lapita (3050 - 2300 BP) (Q137685216)

Site: Lif (Tanga)

Suspected origin site: Feni

References:

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