Slide: WD_60_2

Post-Lapita water jar. Dickinson states likely to be from Yanuca but it lacks amphiboles.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr342b - Exotic Sigatoka 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 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 felsitic, microlitic, vitric, microphaneritic, quartzite, chert, argilliitic, siltstone

Images

Sigatoka_SIGA Sigatoka_SIGA
Sherd SIG-A from Sigatoka (Viti Levu). Slide WD_60_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: SIG-A

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Sigatoka (Viti Levu)

Suspected origin site: Sigatoka or Yanuca

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