Slide: WD_22_8

Lithic.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr290b - Samoan crushed lathwork 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 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, microlitic

Images

Vailele_26_1 Vailele_26_1
Sherd 16-1 from Vailele (Upolu). Slide WD_22_8 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: 16-1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Vailele (Upolu)

Suspected origin site: Samoa

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