Fabric Code: tpr290a

Samoan crushed microlitic lithic

Feldspathic-lithic sand temper. Microlitic rocks. Crushed-rock tempers. May be from hawaiite rather than basaltic rocks.

Sites:

Mineral and Rock Abundances

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%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
Max 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, vitric
Min 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Samoa

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_22_11 Tataga-Matau (Tutuila) Samoa 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 microlitic, victric, lathwork
WD_22_12 ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila) Samoa 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, lathwork, vitric
WD_22_13 ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila) Samoa 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, microlitic
WD_22_14 ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila) Samoa 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, microlitic
WD_22_15 ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila) Samoa 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, microlitic
WD_22_18 ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila) Samoa 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, microlitic
WD_22_21 To'aga (Ofu) Samoa 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, microlitic

WD_22_11

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Sherd 3 from Tataga-matau (Tutuila). Slide WD_22_11 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.

Basaltic rock fragments have glassy groundmass with plagioclase laths and altered pyroxene and olivines.


WD_22_12

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Sherd AS1 from ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila). Slide WD_22_12 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.

Basaltic temper.


WD_22_13

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Sherd AS2 from ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila). Slide WD_22_13 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.

Crushed rock temper.


WD_22_14

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Sherd AS3 from ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila). Slide WD_22_14 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.

Basaltic lithic temper.


WD_22_15

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Sherd AS12 from ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila). Slide WD_22_15 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.

Basaltic lithic temper.


WD_22_18

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Sherd AS16 from ‘Aoa Valley (Tutuila). Slide WD_22_18 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.

Basaltic.


WD_22_21

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Sherd 18 from To'aga (Ofu). Slide WD_22_21 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.

Feldspathic basaltic temper.


References:

112 'Aoa Valley, Tutuila, American Samoa 1994 (Dickinson, W.)

139 Ofu, Manu'a, American Samoa, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)

098 Toaga, Ofu Island, Manua Group, American Samoa 1990 (Dickinson, W.)

096 Tataga-Matau Fort, American Samoa 1988 (Dickinson, W.)