Fabric Code: tpr39

Yap grog

Broken-sherd temper (like from Palau).

Sites:

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 na
Min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Carolines

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_10_10 Ngulu (Ngulu) Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 na
WD_10_6 Ngulu (Ngulu) Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 na

WD_10_10

Ngulu4 Ngulu4
Sherd 4 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_10 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.

Broken-sherd temper indistinguishable from temper in sherds from Palau.


WD_10_6

Ngulu8 Ngulu8
Sherd 8 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_6 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.

Broken-sherd temper indistinguishable from temper in sherds from Palau.


References:

210 Yap 2002 (Dickinson, W.)

089 Yap 1981 (Dickinson, W.)