Fabric Code: tpr100

Mussau type K

Feldspathic Pyroxenic (Type K)

Fabric Class:

Feldspathic Pyroxenic: Dominated by feldspar inclusions, with pyroxenes.

Postarc: Clinopyroxenes, plagioclase, and lithics of basalts or shoshonite (a basaltic trachyandesite), dominate.

Sites:

Ceramic Wares

Early Mussau Lapita (3250 - 2950 BP)

Mineral and Rock Abundances

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%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
Max 0 0 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 felsitic, vitric
Min 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Bismarck

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_39_25 Talepakemalai (Eloaua) TLTF Early Mussau Lapita (3250 - 2950 BP) 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 felsitic, vitric

WD_39_25

ECA67_5_11 ECA67_5_11
Sherd ECA67-5-11 from Talepakemalai (Eloaua). Slide WD_39_25 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.

Type K. Feldspathic-pyroxenic.


References:

Talepakemalai: Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania (Dickinson, W. & Kirch, P.)