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.

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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 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 OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
KM_1_11 Kikiniu (Png) PNG South Coast 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 siltstone, lathwork
KM_1_18 Kikiniu (Png) PNG South Coast 0 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 lathwork, tectonite, siltstone
KM_1_5 Kikiniu (Png) 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 (Png) PNG South Coast 0 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 siltstone, tectonite, microlitic
KM_1_1 Kikiniu (Png) PNG South Coast 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 microlitic, lathwork, tectonite
KM_1_2 Kikiniu (Png) 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 BXU19i_3
Sherd BXU19i-3 from Kikiniu (PNG). 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 BXU19i_14
Sherd BXU19i-14 from Kikiniu (PNG). 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 BXU6_16_a
Sherd BXU6-16 from Kikiniu (PNG). 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 BXU6_20
Sherd BXU6-20 from Kikiniu (PNG). 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 BXU6_6_a
Sherd BXU6_6 from Kikiniu (PNG). 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 BXU6_8_a
Sherd BXU6-8 from Kikiniu (PNG). 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.)