Slide: WD_46_12

Hornblende.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr232a - Exotic Efate hornblendic

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
4 1 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, microlitic, felsitic

Images

Teouma_TE24 Teouma_TE24
Sherd TE24 from Teouma (Efate). Slide WD_46_12 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: TE24

None

Ware/Period: Western Lapita (3000 - 2500 BP) (Q137529697)

Site: Teouma (Efate)

Suspected origin site: Central Vanuatu or Solomons

References:

282 Teouma, Efate, Vanuatu, 2009 (Dickinson, W.)

277 Teouma, Efate, Vanuata, 2009 (see 282) (Dickinson, W.)

297b Teouma, Efate, Vanuatu, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)