Site: Kotu

Island: Kotu


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
tpr434 3 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, microlitic, felsitic, vitric
Tungua lithic 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Tonga

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_69_39 tpr434 (Tungua lithic) Ha'apai 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic

WD_69_39

Haapai_XVIX Haapai_XVIX
Sherd XIV from Kotu (Kotu). Slide WD_69_39 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.

Lithic.


References:

Archaeological Discoveries on Niuatoputapu Island Tonga (Rodgers, G.)