Slide: WD_4_8

Moderately sorted and mineralogically complex andesitic volcanic sand temper of fine to coarse size and probable fluvial origin.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr15 - Saipan andesitic

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
0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

SanmeimaPAG_3 SanmeimaPAG_3
Sherd PAG-3 from Sanmeima (Pagan). Slide WD_4_8 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: PAG-3

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Sanmeima (Pagan)

Suspected origin site: Saipan

References:

323 Mariana, reports 1-15 for MTAT, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)