Slide: WD_22_15

Basaltic lithic temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr290a - Samoan crushed microlitic 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 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, microlitic

Images

Aoa_AS_12 Aoa_AS_12
Sherd AS12 from ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila). Slide WD_22_15 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: AS12

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila)

Suspected origin site: Samoa

References:

112 'Aoa Valley, Tutuila, American Samoa 1994 (Dickinson, W.)