Slide: WD_35_12

Prehistoric potsherd. Moderately sorted, fine- to medium-grained, subangular to subrounded temper sand.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr116 - Pidia manual

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 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric

Images

Pidia60P_5 Pidia60P_5
Sherd 60P-5 from Pidia (Bougainville). Slide WD_35_12 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: 60P-5

Thin

Ware/Period: Asio ware (1000 - 300 BP) (Q137757947)

Site: Pidia (Bougainville)

Suspected origin site: Central Bougainville

References:

153 Bougainville, Buka, Nissan, Ontong Java, Shortland, Solomon, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)

152 Bougainville, PNG, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)