Slide: WD_73_3

Lapita sherd. P index 0.86.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr426 - Haapi placer

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
2 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microlitic, vitric

Images

FaleloaFoa_58 FaleloaFoa_58
Sherd 58 from Faleloa (Foa). Slide WD_73_3 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: 58

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Faleloa (Foa)

Suspected origin site: Ha'api

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.)