Slide: WD_35_1

Well sorted fine to medium grain, placer sands, rich in opaque iron oxides and hornblende, lesser plagioclase feldspars.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr121 - Kieta placer

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	0	3	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	microlitic

Images

Teop_201T_BS17 — Sherd 201T-BS17 from Teop Islet (Teop). Slide WD_35_1 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.

Teop_201T_BS17 — Sherd 201T-BS17 from Teop Islet (Teop). Slide WD_35_1 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: 201T-BS17

Probably Asio or Pidia.

Ware/Period: Kieta ware (1500 - 0 BP) (None)

Site: Teop Islet (Teop)

Suspected origin site: Central Bougainville

References:

Reports of Bougainville Arch Society No. 7 (Dickinson, W.)