Slide: WD_78_18

Totutotu site. Variably placered green-hornblendic sand temper.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr148 - Vella Lavella type C-green hornblendic

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 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 vitric, felsitic

Images

Totutotu_VL30_121 Totutotu_VL30_121
Sherd VL30-121 from Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella). Slide WD_78_18 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: VL30-121

None

Ware/Period: Early Post-Lapita Solomons (2700 - 2000 BP) (None)

Site: Vella Lavella (Vella Lavella)

Suspected origin site: Vella Lavella

References:

293 Vella Lavella, Roviana, New Georgia group, Solomon, 2011 (Dickinson, W.)