Fabric Code: tpr41

Palau-Yap quartzose grog

Broken-sherd temper, with quartzose and cherty grains.

Fabric Class:

Quartzose: Dominated by quartz inclusions.

Andesitic Arc Quartzose Variant: Dominated by andesite and basalt lithic fragments, with microlitic, felsitic and vitric textures, and the andesite minerals (plagioclase, clinopyroxene and sometimes hornblende). With quartz.

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 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 chert
Min 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 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_14 Yap (Yap) Yap 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 chert
WD_10_9 Ngulu (Ngulu) Palau 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 chert
WD_9_1 Yap (Yap) Yap 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 chert
WD_9_13 Yap (Yap) Yap 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 chert
WD_10_1 Lamotrek (Lamotrek) Palau 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 na
WD_10_3 Lamotrek (Lamotrek) Palau 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 na
WD_10_4 Lamotrek (Lamotrek) Palau 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 na

WD_9_14

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Sherd 17 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_14 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.

Broken-sherd temper, with quartzose and cherty grains.


WD_10_9

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Sherd 5 from Ngulu (Ngulu). Slide WD_10_9 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 quartzose and cherty grains are abundant.


WD_9_1

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Sherd 13 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_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.

Broken-sherd temper in which quartzose and cherty grains are abundant.


WD_9_13

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Sherd 12 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_13 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 quartzose and cherty grains are abundant.


WD_10_1

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Sherd 12 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_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.

Palau origin.


WD_10_3

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Sherd 5 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_3 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 aggregate temper sand. Palau origin.


WD_10_4

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Sherd 44-2 from Lamotrek (Lamotrek). Slide WD_10_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.

Palau origin.


References:

210 Yap 2002 (Dickinson, W.)

089 Yap 1981 (Dickinson, W.)