Slide: WD_35_15

Prehistoric potsherd. Poorly sorted, angular to subangular feldspathic aggregate sand temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr117 - Meinakapa feldspathic

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

Images

Pidia60M_8 Pidia60M_8
Sherd 60M-8 from Meinakapa (Bougainville). Slide WD_35_15 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: 60M-8

Thick. Probably Pidia ware.

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

Site: Meinakapa (Bougainville)

Suspected origin site: Central Bougainville

References:

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

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