Slide: SB_5_66

Oil-lamp. Feldspathic, with some calcareous.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr371 - Nayau-Lakeba feldspathic

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
1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, lathwork, vitric

Images

Lakeba_5v66_a Lakeba_5v66_a
Sherd 47_7C from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_5_66 from Best 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: 47_7C

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Lakeba (Lakeba)

Suspected origin site: Lakeba

References:

Best 1984 Lakeba: the Prehistory of a Fijian Island. PhD Thesis University of Auckland (Best, S)