Slide: FL_1_29

Thin fine sherd. Basaltic.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr290b - Samoan crushed lathwork lithic

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%
Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, vitric

Images

Sasoaa_399 Sasoaa_399
Sherd AH-399 from Sasoa’a (Upolu). Slide FL_1_29 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Sherd: AH-399

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Sasoa’a (Upolu)

Suspected origin site: Upolu

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