Slide: WD_37_22

Hornblendic-feldspathic, pyroxenic-free (Type E).

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr95 - Mussau type E

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	6	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	felsitic, vitric

Images

ECA16_5_3 — Sherd ECA16-5-3 from Talepakemalai (Eloaua). Slide WD_37_22 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.

ECA16_5_3 — Sherd ECA16-5-3 from Talepakemalai (Eloaua). Slide WD_37_22 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: ECA16-5-3

None

Ware/Period: Early Mussau Lapita (3250 - 2950 BP) (None)

Site: Talepakemalai (Eloaua)

Suspected origin site: Manus

References:

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