Slide: WD_6_2

Quartz-calcite temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr7 - Saipan hybrid quartz

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
6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 felsitic

Images

ChalanPico15_10 ChalanPico15_10
Sherd 15-10 from Chalan Piao (Saipan). Slide WD_6_2 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: 15-10

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Chalan Piao (Saipan)

Suspected origin site: Saipan

References:

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

011 Mariana 1966 (Dickinson, W.)