Fabric Code: tpr178

Bismarck pyroxenic

Moderately sorted, subangular to subrounded aggregates that are probably stream sands. Hyalopilitic microlitics.

Fabric Class:

Pyroxenic Amphibolic: Dominated by pyroxenic inclusions with amphiboles.

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

Sites:

Ceramic Wares

Transitional Far Western (2350 - 1900 BP)

Middle Far Western Lapita (3050 - 2300 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	4	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	microlitic
Min	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	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_102_2	Ambitle (Ambitle)	Anir	Transitional Far Western (2350 - 1900 BP)	0	1	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	microlitic
WD_102_4	Ambitle (Ambitle)	Anir	Transitional Far Western (2350 - 1900 BP)	0	0	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	microlitic

WD_102_2

AnirL5 — Sherd AnirL5 from Ambitle (Ambitle). Slide WD_102_2 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.

AnirL5 — Sherd AnirL5 from Ambitle (Ambitle). Slide WD_102_2 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.

Non-Lapita. Moderately sorted, subangular to subrounded aggregates, probably stream sands. Microlitic volcanic rock fragments are hyalopilitic.

WD_102_4

AnirL7 — Sherd AnirL7 from Ambitle (Ambitle). Slide WD_102_4 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.

AnirL7 — Sherd AnirL7 from Ambitle (Ambitle). Slide WD_102_4 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.

Non-Lapita. Moderately sorted, subangular to subrounded aggregates, probably stream sands. Microlitic lithics are hyalopilitic.

References:

043 Anir, Solomon 1972 (Dickinson, W.)

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

239 Tanga, PNG, 2004 (Dickinson, W.)

244 Balbanlankin, Anir, Ambitle, New Ireland, PNG, 2004 (Dickinson, W.)

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