Thin-walled calcareous-tempered plainware. Everted and outcurving rims. Globular pots with rounded bottoms. Decoration restricted to notched lips.
Post-Lapita Malakula (2700 - 0 BP)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tpr249 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | limeclast, microlitic, felsitic, vitric, microphaneritic |
| Malakula limeclast hybrid | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Vanuatu |
| Slide | Fabric | Possible Origin | Ware | Cal. | Quartz | Feldspar | Pyroxene | Amphibole | Opaques | Olivine | Biotite | Muscovite | Epidote | Garnet/ Spinel | Ig./Met. Rocks | Sed. Rocks | Grog | Lithics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD_58_24 | tpr249 (Malakula limeclast hybrid) | Malakula | Malua Ware (2700 - 2500 BP) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | limeclast, microlitic, felsitic, vitric, microphaneritic |
Hybrid with limeclast calcareous and feldspar, microlitic and felsitic rock volcanic sands. Older sherd.