Site: Kavewa

Island: Kavewa       Lithology: Volcanic high island ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: None ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2205061       Wikidata ID: Q24570253       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Vanua Levu Group Wikidata ID: Q2756586

Fiji Wikidata ID: Q712

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Fabrics:

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
tpr361 3 0 2 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, vitric
Vanua Levu pyroxenic 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fiji
tpr386 5 1 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic
Vanua Levu feldspathic 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fiji
tpr388 6 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 vitric
Kavewa hybrid quartzose 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fiji

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_93_1 tpr388 (Kavewa hybrid quartzose) Kavewa 1 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 vitric
WD_93_2 tpr388 (Kavewa hybrid quartzose) Kavewa 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 vitric
WD_93_5 tpr361 (Vanua Levu pyroxenic) Vanua Levu 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 vitric
WD_93_6 tpr361 (Vanua Levu pyroxenic) Vanua Levu 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic
WD_93_8 tpr386 (Vanua Levu feldspathic) Vanua Levu 5 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 vitric, microlitic

WD_93_1

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Sherd 8-1 from Kavewa (Kavewa). Slide WD_93_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.

Plain sherd. Calcareous quartzose.


WD_93_2

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Sherd 218 from Kavewa (Kavewa). Slide WD_93_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.

Lapita sherd. Calcareous quartzose.


WD_93_5

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Sherd 8-2 from Kavewa (Kavewa). Slide WD_93_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.

Plain sherd. Transferred from Vanua Levu.


WD_93_6

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Sherd 371 from Kavewa (Kavewa). Slide WD_93_6 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.

Lapita sherd from mainland Vanua Levu.


WD_93_8

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Sherd 379 from Kavewa (Kavewa). Slide WD_93_8 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.

Lapita sherd from Vanua Levu.


References:

319 Kavewa, Vanua Levu, Fiji, 2015 (Dickinson, W.)

Temper Sands in Prehistoric Oceanian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)