Slide: WD_73_10

Lapita sherd. Has orthopyroxenes. P index 0.86.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr428 - Pukatoalo pyroxenic

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 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric

Images

Haano_112 Haano_112
Sherd 112 from Pukotala (Ha’ano). Slide WD_73_10 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: 112

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Pukotala (Ha’ano)

Suspected origin site: Ha'ano

References:

Sand Tempers in Indigenous Lapita and Lapitoid Polynesian Plainware and Imported Protohistoric Fijia (Dickinson, W., Shutler, R., Shortland, R., Burley, D.V., Dye, T.S.)