Slide: WD_41_21

Feldspathic sand temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr107 - New Ireland feldspathic-pyroxenic

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	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	vitric

Images

Lesu51_10 — Sherd 51-10 from Lossu (New Ireland). Slide WD_41_21 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.

Lesu51_10 — Sherd 51-10 from Lossu (New Ireland). Slide WD_41_21 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: 51-10

Transitional (or maybe Late Lapita).

Ware/Period: Transitional Far Western (2350 - 1900 BP) (Q137698919)

Site: Lossu (New Ireland)

Suspected origin site: New Ireland

References:

085 Lesu, New Ireland, PNG, 1980 (Dickinson, W.)