Fabric Code: tpr134a

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Vitric and microlitic lithics.

Fabric Class:

Pyroxenic Opaque: Dominated by pyroxenic inclusions with opaques.

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

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. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
Max 2 0 3 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Min 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Bismarck

Representative slides:

No representative slide details available.

References:

200 Kamgot, Ambitle, Fani, PNG, 2000 (Dickinson, W.)