Slide: WD_31_13

Almost exclusively calcareous temper sand with sparse subspherical hydrous iron oxide grains.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr105 - New Ireland calcareous

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	na

Images

ELS2 — Sherd ELS2 from Lasigi (New Ireland). Slide WD_31_13 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.

ELS2 — Sherd ELS2 from Lasigi (New Ireland). Slide WD_31_13 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: ELS2

None

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

Site: Lasigi (New Ireland)

Suspected origin site: New Ireland

References:

246 Lasigi, New Ireland, PNG, 2005 (Dickinson, W.)