Slide: WD_38_12

Hybrid (mixed terrigenous-calcareous) sand temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr132 - New Ireland hybrid

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
3 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, felsitic, microphaneritic

Images

DGD223 DGD223
Sherd DGD223 from Nissan (Nissan). Slide WD_38_12 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: DGD223

None

Ware/Period: Early Far Western Lapita (3500 - 2770 BP) (Q137685195)

Site: Nissan (Nissan)

Suspected origin site: New Ireland

References:

178 Nissan, PNG, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)