Fabric Code: tpr93

Mussau type B

Calcareous marginally hybrid (Type B).

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 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 felsitic, vitric, chert
Min 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bismarck

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_36_17 Talepakemalai (Eloaua) Admiralty 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 felsitic, vitric, chert
WD_36_20 Talepakemalai (Eloaua) Admiralty 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 felsitic, vitric
WD_36_24 Etapakengaroasa (Emananus) Admiralty 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 felsitic, vitric, chert

WD_36_17

ECA66_7_3 ECA66_7_3
Sherd ECA66-7-3 from Talepakemalai (Eloaua). Slide WD_36_17 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Calcareous marginally hybrid (Type B).


WD_36_20

ECA67_6_23 ECA67_6_23
Sherd ECA67-6-23 from Talepakemalai (Eloaua). Slide WD_36_20 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Calcareous marginally hybrid (Type B).


WD_36_24

EHB1_4_19 EHB1_4_19
Sherd EHB1-4-19 from Etapakengaroasa (Emananus). Slide WD_36_24 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Calcareous marginally hybrid (Type B).


References:

Talepakemalai: Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania (Kirch, P.)