Fabric Code: tpr40

Yap grog metavolcanic

Broken-sherd temper, with metavolcanic lithics indistinguishable from those of Yap metavolcanic.

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 4 0 3 metavolcanic
Min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 Carolines

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_9_15 Yap (Yap) Yap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 metavolcanic

WD_9_15

yap18 yap18
Sherd 18 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_15 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 in which metavolcanic lithics indistinguishable from those of Yap metavolcanic temper also occur.


References:

210 Yap 2002 (Dickinson, W.)

089 Yap 1981 (Dickinson, W.)