Slide: WD_105_7

Dentate-stamped Lapita sherd. Andesitic (lithic) Taumako temper sand. andesitic volcanic sand , moderately well sorted, subrounded volcanic sand, predominantly volcanic rock fragments, mainly microlitic but partly felsitic or glassy, and also including some microcrystalline fragments of hypabyssal igneous rocks plagioclase feldspar, and minor clinopyroxene

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr172 - Taumako andesitic

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 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, vitric, felsitic, microphaneritic

Images

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Sherd TAU-78-2412 from Taumako (Taumako). Slide WD_105_7 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: TAU-78-2412

Dentate-stamped Lapita sherd.

Ware/Period: Late Lapita Solomons (2700 - 1800 BP) (None)

Site: Taumako (Taumako)

Suspected origin site: Taumako

References:

077, 78, 79 Taumako, Solomon - Appendix 6 (see WRD Rept 269) (Dickinson, W.)