Fabric Code: tpr290b

Samoan crushed lathwork lithic

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

Fabric Class:

Lathwork Feldspathic: Dominated by lathwork inclusions with feldspars.

Oceanic Basalt: Mainly contain olivines, clinopyroxenes and plagioclase, and have lathwork and mafic vitric lithic fragments.

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 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, vitric
Min 0 0 3 0 0 1 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
FL_1_23 Vailele (Upolu) Upolu 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, vitric
FL_1_24 Vailele (Upolu) Upolu 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, vitric
FL_1_25 Vailele (Upolu) Upolu 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, vitiric
FL_1_48 Vailele (Upolu) Upolu 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 lathwork, vitric
FL_1_51 Sasoa’A (Upolu) Upolu 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, vitric
FL_1_50 Sasoa’A (Upolu) Upolu 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 lathwork, vitric
FL_1_29 Sasoa’A (Upolu) Upolu 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, vitric
FL_1_26 Sasoa’A (Upolu) Upolu 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, vitric
WD_22_5 Paradise (Upolu) Samoa 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, lathwork, vitric
WD_22_8 Vailele (Upolu) Samoa 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, microlitic
WD_22_7 Vailele (Upolu) Samoa 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 lathwork, microlitic
WD_22_6 Vailele (Upolu) Samoa 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 lathwork, microlitic
WD_22_10 Sasoa’A (Upolu) Samoa 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, lathwork
WD_22_4 Jane's Camp (Upolu) Samoa 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 lathwork, microlitic
WD_22_3 Jane's Camp (Upolu) Samoa 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 lathwork, microlitic
WD_22_1 Jane's Camp (Upolu) Samoa 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 lathwork, microlitic

FL_1_23

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Sherd AH-481 from Vailele (Upolu). Slide FL_1_23 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Oceanic basaltic.


FL_1_24

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Sherd AH-497 from Vailele (Upolu). Slide FL_1_24 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Oceanic basalt.


FL_1_25

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Sherd AH-487 from Vailele (Upolu). Slide FL_1_25 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Olivine basalt.


FL_1_48

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Sherd AH-489 from Vailele (Upolu). Slide FL_1_48 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Brown vitrics.


FL_1_51

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Sherd AH-435 from Sasoa’a (Upolu). Slide FL_1_51 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Thick coares sherd. Basaltic.


FL_1_50

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Sherd AH-464 from Sasoa’a (Upolu). Slide FL_1_50 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.


FL_1_29

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Sherd AH-399 from Sasoa’a (Upolu). Slide FL_1_29 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Thin fine sherd. Basaltic.


FL_1_26

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Sherd AH-391 from Sasoa’a (Upolu). Slide FL_1_26 from Leach Collection, Auckland University. 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.

Thin fine sherd. Basaltic.


WD_22_5

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Sherd 14-1 from Paradise (Upolu). Slide WD_22_5 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.

Lithics with plagioclase, pyroxene and olivine laths.


WD_22_8

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Sherd 16-1 from Vailele (Upolu). Slide WD_22_8 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.

Lithic.


WD_22_7

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Sherd 16-4 from Vailele (Upolu). Slide WD_22_7 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.


WD_22_6

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Sherd 26-1 from Vailele (Upolu). Slide WD_22_6 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.


WD_22_10

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Sherd 25-1 from Sasoa’a (Upolu). Slide WD_22_10 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.


WD_22_4

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Sherd 75147-4 from Jane's Camp (Upolu). Slide WD_22_4 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.

Crushed rock.


WD_22_3

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Sherd SUFL-1 FS-129-2 from Jane's Camp (Upolu). Slide WD_22_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.

Crushed rock.


WD_22_1

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Sherd SUFL-1 FS-52-3 from Jane's Camp (Upolu). Slide WD_22_1 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.


References:

Temper Sands in Prehistoric Oceanian Pottery (Dickinson, W.)