Site: Vaipuna

Island: ‘Uiha


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
tpr426 3 1 2 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 na
Haapi placer 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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_73_7 tpr426 (Haapi placer) Ha'apai 0 1 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric
WD_73_8 tpr426 (Haapi placer) Ha'apai 2 0 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic, vitric

WD_73_7

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Sherd 1-13 from Vaipuna (‘Uiha). Slide WD_73_7 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.

Lapita sherd. Has orthopyroxene. Py index 0.82


WD_73_8

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Sherd 4-14 from Vaipuna (‘Uiha). Slide WD_73_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. Has olivine. Has Py index 0.88.


References:

Sand Tempers in Indigenous Lapita and Lapitoid Polynesian Plainware and Imported Protohistoric Fijia (Dickinson, W., Shutler, R., Shortland, R., Burley, D.V., Dye, T.S.)

121 Vaipuna, 'Uiha, Ha'apai, Tonga, 1996 (Dickinson, W.)