Slide: WD_101_2

Lapita. well sorted and rounded calcareous sand. Plagioclase.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr125 - Buka calcareous hybrid

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 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic

Images

BUK103 BUK103
Sherd 103 from Buka (Buka). Slide WD_101_2 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.

Sherd: 103

Lapita

Ware/Period: Buka ware (2500 - 2200 BP) (Q137734605)

Site: Buka (Buka)

Suspected origin site: Buka

References:

153 Bougainville, Buka, Nissan, Ontong Java, Shortland, Solomon, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)

054 Buka, PNG 1973 (Dickinson, W.)