Fabric Code: tpr416

Honshu Jomon

Jomon sherds from Japan. Lithics include vitric, felsitic, mirolitic, hypabyssal, chert, argillite, microgranular, tectonite, and quartzite.

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 2 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 microphaneritic, felsitic, micorlitic, argillitic, siltstone, chert, tectonite, quartzite, vitric
Min 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Japan

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_107_1 Honshu (Japan) Honshu 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 microphaneritic, felsitic, micorlitic, argillitic, siltstone, chert, tectonite, quartzite, vitric
WD_107_2 Honshu (Japan) Honshu 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 microlitic, vitric, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic
WD_107_3 Honshu (Japan) Honshu 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 microhaneritic, felsitic, micorlitic, argillitic, siltstone, chert, tectonite, quartzite, vitric

WD_107_1

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Sherd 12-110 from Honshu (Japan). Slide WD_107_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.

Roughly mid-Jomon. Lithics include vitric, felsitic, mirolitic, hypabyssal, chert, argillite, microgranular, tectonite, and quartzite.


WD_107_2

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Sherd 112-111 from Honshu (Japan). Slide WD_107_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.

Late Jomon. Lithics include vitric, felsitic, mirolitic, hypabyssal, chert, argillite, microgranular, tectonite, and quartzite.


WD_107_3

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Sherd 112-112 from Honshu (Japan). Slide WD_107_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.

Initial Jomon. Lithics include vitric, felsitic, mirolitic, hypabyssal, chert, argillite, microgranular, tectonite, and quartzite.


References:

105 Efate, Vanuatu vs Jomon sherds from Japan 1993 (Dickinson, W.)