Slide: WD_27_5

Lapita sherd.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr303 - New Caledonian hybrid quartzose-ophiolitic

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
5	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	vitric, quartzite, metravolcanic

Images

NewCal_9_8 — Sherd 9-8 from Lapita (Grande Terre). Slide WD_27_5 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

NewCal_9_8 — Sherd 9-8 from Lapita (Grande Terre). Slide WD_27_5 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: 9-8

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Lapita (Grande Terre)

Suspected origin site: Grand Terre

References:

003 Site 13, New Caledonia, 1966 (Dickinson, W.)

Petrologic Character and Geologic Sources of Sand Tempers in Prehistoric New Caledonian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)