Fabric Code: tpr471

Gulf lithic

Mixed lithic and mixed volcanic sub tempers. Possible sand sources Epemeavo Beach and Lea Lea. May be the same as Worthing temper D.

Fabric Class:

Quartzose-Feldspathic Lithic: Dominated by quartz and feldspar inclusions, with igneous and/or sedimentary lithics.

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
Max	0	4	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	microlitic, vitric, argillitic, chert, siltstone, tectonite
Min	0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	PNG

Representative slides:

Slide	Site	Possible Origin	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
KM_1_11	Kikiniu (New Guinea)	PNG South Coast	0	4	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	siltstone, lathwork
KM_1_18	Kikiniu (New Guinea)	PNG South Coast	0	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	lathwork, tectonite, siltstone
KM_1_5	Kikiniu (New Guinea)	PNG South Coast	0	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	tectonite, argillitic, chert, microlitic
KM_1_6	Kikiniu (New Guinea)	PNG South Coast	0	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	siltstone, tectonite, microlitic
KM_1_1	Kikiniu (New Guinea)	PNG South Coast	0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	microlitic, lathwork, tectonite
KM_1_2	Kikiniu (New Guinea)	PNG South Coast	0	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	microlitic, lathwork, tectonite

KM_1_11

BXU19i_3 — Sherd BXU19i-3 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_11 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

BXU19i_3 — Sherd BXU19i-3 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_11 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

Mixed Lithic

KM_1_18

BXU19i_14 — Sherd BXU19i-14 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_18 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

BXU19i_14 — Sherd BXU19i-14 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_18 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

Mixed lithic.

KM_1_5

BXU6_16_a — Sherd BXU6-16 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_5 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

BXU6_16_a — Sherd BXU6-16 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_5 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

Mixed lithic.

KM_1_6

BXU6_20 — Sherd BXU6-20 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_6 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

BXU6_20 — Sherd BXU6-20 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_6 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

Mixed lithic.

KM_1_1

BXU6_6_a — Sherd BXU6_6 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_1 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

BXU6_6_a — Sherd BXU6_6 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_1 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

Mixed volcanic.

KM_1_2

BXU6_8_a — Sherd BXU6-8 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_2 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

BXU6_8_a — Sherd BXU6-8 from Kikiniu (New Guinea). Slide KM_1_2 from K Marsaglia & B David. 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.

Mixed volcanic.

References:

Petrographic analyses of sand temper/inclusions in ceramics of Kikiniu, Kikori River and modern sand (Marsaglia, KM, Kramer, KG, David, B. Shelly, RJ.)