Fabric Code: tpr133

Exotic New Ireland lithic

Probably exotic. Moderately sorted and mineralogically complex lithic sand temper probably of stream origin. Quartz, altered albitic plagioclase, microgranular hypabyssal igneous rock fragments, and epidote.

Fabric Class:

Pyroxenic Amphibolic: Dominated by pyroxenic inclusions with amphiboles.

Andesitic Arc: Dominated by andesite and basalt lithic fragments, with microlitic, felsitic and vitric textures, and the andesite minerals (plagioclase, clinopyroxene and sometimes hornblende).

Sites:

Ceramic Wares

Early Far Western Lapita (3500 - 2770 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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
Max	0	1	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	microphaneritic
Min	0	1	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	Bismarck

Representative slides:

Slide	Site	Possible Origin	Ware	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
WD_38_13	Nissan (Nissan)	North Bougainville?	Early Far Western Lapita (3500 - 2770 BP)	0	1	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	microphaneritic

WD_38_13

Moderately sorted and mineralogically complex lithic sand temper, with microgranular hypabyssal.

References:

178 Nissan, PNG, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)