Post Lapita Buka (2200-0 BP)

Wikidata ID: None

Includes transitional and post-lapita pottery made by the communities on Buka Island.


Parent ware:

All periods (5000 - 0 BP)


Child wares/s:

Sohano (2200 - 1400 BP)

Hangan (1400 - 800 BP)

Malasang (700 - 500 BP)

Mararing (500 - 100 BP)

Recent Buka (300 - 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%

Fabrics:


Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
tpr128 0 1 6 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 microphaneritic, microlitic
Buka plagioclase pyroxene 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Solomons
tpr127 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 microphaneritic, microlitic
Buka microgranular 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Solomons
tpr131 0 1 6 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 microlitic, felsitic, microphaneritic, chert
New Ireland cherty feldspathic 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Bismarck

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_32_2 tpr128 (Buka plagioclase pyroxene) North Bougainville Malasang (700 - 500 BP) 0 0 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microphaneritic
WD_32_3 tpr128 (Buka plagioclase pyroxene) North Bougainville Malasang (700 - 500 BP) 0 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microphaneritic
WD_32_5 tpr128 (Buka plagioclase pyroxene) North Bougainville Mararing (500 - 100 BP) 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microphaneritic
WD_32_9 tpr128 (Buka plagioclase pyroxene) North Bougainville Mararing (500 - 100 BP) 0 0 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microphaneritic
WD_32_1 tpr128 (Buka plagioclase pyroxene) North Bougainville Recent Buka (300 - 0 BP) 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microphaneritic
WD_101_3 tpr127 (Buka microgranular) Buka Post Lapita Buka (2200 - 0 BP) 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microphaneritic, microlitic
WD_32_13 tpr127 (Buka microgranular) Buka Post Lapita Buka (2200 - 0 BP) 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 microphaneritic, microlitic
WD_32_20 tpr127 (Buka microgranular) Buka Post Lapita Buka (2200 - 0 BP) 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 microphaneritic, microlitic
WD_32_23 tpr128 (Buka plagioclase pyroxene) Buka Post Lapita Buka (2200 - 0 BP) 0 0 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microphaneritic
WD_101_4 tpr128 (Buka plagioclase pyroxene) Buka Post Lapita Buka (2200 - 0 BP) 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microphaneritic
WD_32_15 tpr128 (Buka plagioclase pyroxene) Buka Post Lapita Buka (2200 - 0 BP) 0 0 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 microphaneritic
WD_32_22 tpr128 (Buka plagioclase pyroxene) Buka Post Lapita Buka (2200 - 0 BP) 0 0 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microphaneritic
WD_32_24 tpr131 (New Ireland cherty feldspathic) New Ireland or Central Solomons Post Lapita Buka (2200 - 0 BP) 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 microlitic, felsitic, microphaneritic, chert

WD_32_2

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Sherd 201T-BS-6 from Teop Islet (Teop). Slide WD_32_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.

Microphaneritic.


WD_32_3

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Sherd 201T-BS-5 from Teop Islet (Teop). Slide WD_32_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.

Microphaneritic.


WD_32_5

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Sherd 201T-BS-4 from Teop Islet (Teop). Slide WD_32_5 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.

Microphaneritic.


WD_32_9

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Sherd 201T-BS-2 from Teop Islet (Teop). Slide WD_32_9 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.

Microphaneritic.


WD_32_1

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Sherd 201T-BS-11 from Teop Islet (Teop). Slide WD_32_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.

Microphaneritic.


WD_101_3

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Sherd 102 from Buka (Buka). Slide WD_101_3 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Non-Lapita. Poorly sorted and weathered volcanic sand. Plagioclase and microphaneritic igneous rock fragments (microgranular grains composed dominantly of plagioclase-clinopyroxene with subophitic internal texture of clinopyroxene crystals partly enclosing plagioclase laths), microlitic volcanic rock fragments, opaque iron oxides, clinopyroxene, green hornblende, and deeply weathered brown biotite


WD_32_13

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Sherd 1 from Nissan (Nissan). Slide WD_32_13 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.

Buka wares Fine-grained microgranular rock fragments dominant.


WD_32_20

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Sherd 8 from Nissan (Nissan). Slide WD_32_20 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.

Buka wares Fine-grained microgranular rock fragments dominant.


WD_32_23

Nissan-11 has a full slide scan available (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Plagioclase and lesser clinopyroxene dominant.


WD_101_4

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Sherd 101 from Buka (Buka). Slide WD_101_4 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.

Non-Lapita. Poorly sorted and weathered volcanic sand. Plagioclase and pyroxene.


WD_32_15

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Sherd 3 from Nissan (Nissan). Slide WD_32_15 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.

Buka wares. Plagioclase and lesser clinopyroxene dominant.


WD_32_22

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Sherd 10 from Nissan (Nissan). Slide WD_32_22 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.

Buka wares. Plagioclase and lesser clinopyroxene dominant.


WD_32_24

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Sherd 12 from Nissan (Nissan). Slide WD_32_24 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Chert/metachert, quartzose/quartzite, felsite, and siltstone present. Some plagioclase altered albite.