Slide: FP_1_14

Decorated body oxidised sherd. Vitrophytic basaltic lithics with some altered red glass. Shell not deliberately added.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr291b - Samoan calcareous

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
6 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 lathwork, vitric

Images

Mulifanna_30v3 Mulifanna_30v3
Sherd 30-3 from Mulifanua (Upolu). Slide FP_1_14 from Petchey 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: 30-3

None

Ware/Period: Samoa Eastern Lapita (2800 - 2700 BP) (None)

Site: Mulifanua (Upolu)

Suspected origin site: Upolu

References:

Petchey MA Thesis 1995 (Petchey, F.)