Slide: WD_36_2

Calcareous (Type A).

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr92 - Mussau type A

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

ECA88_4_12 — Sherd ECA88-4-12 from Talepakemalai (Eloaua). Slide WD_36_2 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.

ECA88_4_12 — Sherd ECA88-4-12 from Talepakemalai (Eloaua). Slide WD_36_2 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: ECA88-4-12

None

Ware/Period: Late Mussau Lapita (2950 - 2700 BP) (None)

Site: Talepakemalai (Eloaua)

Suspected origin site: Mussau or Admiralty

References:

Talepakemalai: Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania (Dickinson, W. & Kirch, P.)