Fabric Code: tpr199

Raca calcareous

Almost exclusively calcareous temper sand composed predominantly of rather evenly sized and globular foraminiferal tests that are hollow. Local but once thought to be from Ouh, Saparua.

Fabric Class:

Calcareous: Dominated by calcareous inclusions.

Sites:

Ceramic Wares

Historic Timor (1500 - 0 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 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
Min 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maluku

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_86_12 Vasino (Timor) Timor Historic Timor (1500 - 0 BP) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_85_1 Macapainara (Timor) Timor Historic Timor (1500 - 0 BP) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_85_8 Macapainara (Timor) Timor Historic Timor (1500 - 0 BP) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_86_1 Tutuala (Timor) Timor 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na
WD_86_2 Tutuala (Timor) Timor Historic Timor (1500 - 0 BP) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

WD_86_12

VasinoVA_A1_23 VasinoVA_A1_23
Sherd VA-A1-23 from Vasino (Timor). Slide WD_86_12 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.

Raca-type temper (foraminiferal calcareous grains).


WD_85_1

MacapainaraM822 MacapainaraM822
Sherd M822 from Macapainara (Timor). Slide WD_85_1 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.

Raca-type temper (foraminiferal calcareous grains).


WD_85_8

MacapainaraMA_A2_6 MacapainaraMA_A2_6
Sherd MA-A2-6 from Macapainara (Timor). Slide WD_85_8 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.

Raca-type temper (foraminiferal calcareous grains).


WD_86_1

Raca_temper Raca_temper
Sherd Raca-temper from Tutuala (Timor). Slide WD_86_1 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.

Almost exclusively calcareous temper sand composed predominantly of rather evenly sized and globular foraminiferal tests that are hollow.


WD_86_2

Raca_sherd Raca_sherd
Sherd Raca-sherd from Tutuala (Timor). Slide WD_86_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.

Almost exclusively calcareous temper sand composed predominantly of rather evenly sized and globular foraminiferal tests that are hollow.


References:

295 summary, East Timor, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)