Fabric Code: tpr371

Nayau-Lakeba feldspathic

May be local, or from somewhere else in Lau.

Fabric Class:

Feldspathic Pyroxenic: Dominated by feldspar inclusions, with pyroxenes.

Andesitic Arc: Dominated by andesite and basalt lithic fragments, with microlitic, felsitic and vitric textures, and the andesite minerals (plagioclase, clinopyroxene and sometimes hornblende).

Sites:

Ceramic Wares

Lau (Period 1) (2900 - 2700 BP)

Lau (Period 5a) (340 - 200 BP)

Lau (Period 4) (1000 - 460 BP)

Lau (Period 5b) (200 - 15 BP)

Fiji Lapita (Sigatoka) (3200 - 2100 BP)

Fiji Post-Lapita (2100 - 0 BP)

Navatu (2050 - 850 BP)

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 2 0 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic
Min 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Fiji

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginWareCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
SB_2_71 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba Lau (Period 1) (2900 - 2700 BP) 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric
SB_1_75 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba Lau (Period 1) (2900 - 2700 BP) 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, vitric
SB38_1_14 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, vitric
SB38_1_9 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, vitric
SB38_1_48 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, vitric
SB_5_66 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba Lau (Period 4) (1000 - 460 BP) 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, lathwork, vitric
SB_5_100 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba Lau (Period 4) (1000 - 460 BP) 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric
SB_6_62 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba Lau (Period 5a) (340 - 200 BP) 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, vitric
SB_7_89 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba Lau (Period 5b) (200 - 15 BP) 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, lathwork, vitric
SB_6_92 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba Lau (Period 5b) (200 - 15 BP) 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, vitric
WD_70_10 Aiwa (Aiwa) Lau Navatu (2050 - 850 BP) 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 microlitic, vitric
WD_70_11 Aiwa (Aiwa) Lau Fiji Post-Lapita (2100 - 0 BP) 0 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, vitric
WD_70_12 Aiwa (Aiwa) Lau Fiji Post-Lapita (2100 - 0 BP) 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic
WD_70_8 Nayau (Nayau) Lau Fiji Lapita (Sigatoka) (3200 - 2100 BP) 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, vitric
WD_70_9 Nayau (Nayau) Lau Fiji Post-Lapita (2100 - 0 BP) 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric, microlitic
WD_71_10 Pea (Tongatapu) Lakeba 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic

SB_2_71

Lakeba_2v71_a Lakeba_2v71_a
Sherd 196_14_A3 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_2_71 from Best 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.

Feldspathic.


SB_1_75

Lakeba_1v75 Lakeba_1v75
Sherd 196_11_B3 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_1_75 from Best 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.

Feldspathic.


SB38_1_14

Lakeba_14 Lakeba_14
Sherd 14 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB38_1_14 from Best 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.

Feldspathic


SB38_1_9

Lakeba_9 Lakeba_9
Sherd 9 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB38_1_9 from Best 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.

Feldspathic.


SB38_1_48

Lakeba_48_a Lakeba_48_a
Sherd 48 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB38_1_48 from Best 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.

Feldspathic


SB_5_66

Lakeba_5v66_a Lakeba_5v66_a
Sherd 47_7C from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_5_66 from Best 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.

Oil-lamp. Feldspathic, with some calcareous.


SB_5_100

Lakeba_5v100 Lakeba_5v100
Sherd 47_A2 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_5_100 from Best 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.

Applique. Feldspathic.


SB_6_62

Lakeba_6v62_b Lakeba_6v62_b
Sherd 132_south from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_6_62 from Best 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.

Dari (flared-rim bowl). Feldspathic.


SB_7_89

Lakeba_7v89_a Lakeba_7v89_a
Sherd 3_41 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_7_89 from Best 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.

Saqa (oil/water jar). Feldspathic.


SB_6_92

Lakeba_6v92_a Lakeba_6v92_a
Sherd 152_11 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_6_92 from Best 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.

Feldspathic, but towards feldspathic-lithic.


WD_70_10

Aiwa_FS_131_94 Aiwa_FS_131_94
Sherd FS-131-94 from Aiwa (Aiwa). Slide WD_70_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.

Volcanic rock (lithic) fragments, where vitric are tan to red glassy grains, and microlitic grains include both hyalopilitic (plagioclase microlites set in clear brown volcanic glass) and tachylitic (plagioclase microlites set in opaque volcanic glass) grains .


WD_70_11

Aiwa_FS_149_1 Aiwa_FS_149_1
Sherd FS-149-1 from Aiwa (Aiwa). Slide WD_70_11 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.

Volcanic rock (lithic) fragments, where vitric are tan to red glassy grains, and microlitic grains include both hyalopilitic (plagioclase microlites set in clear brown volcanic glass) and tachylitic (plagioclase microlites set in opaque volcanic glass) grains.


WD_70_12

Aiwa_FS_120_3 Aiwa_FS_120_3
Sherd FS-120-3 from Aiwa (Aiwa). Slide WD_70_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.

Volcanic rock (lithic) fragments, where vitric are tan to red glassy grains, and microlitic grains include both hyalopilitic (plagioclase microlites set in clear brown volcanic glass) and tachylitic (plagioclase microlites set in opaque volcanic glass) grains.


WD_70_8

Nayau_FS_00_a Nayau_FS_00_a
Sherd FS-00 from Nayau (Nayau). Slide WD_70_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.

Volcanic rock (lithic) fragments, where vitric are tan to red glassy grains, and microlitic grains include both hyalopilitic (plagioclase microlites set in clear brown volcanic glass) and tachylitic (plagioclase microlites set in opaque volcanic glass) grains.


WD_70_9

Nayau_FS_881 Nayau_FS_881
Sherd FS-88-1 from Nayau (Nayau). Slide WD_70_9 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.

Volcanic rock (lithic) fragments, where vitric are tan to red glassy grains, and microlitic grains include both hyalopilitic (plagioclase microlites set in clear brown volcanic glass) and tachylitic (plagioclase microlites set in opaque volcanic glass) grains.


WD_71_10

Tongatapu_TO_6_407 Tongatapu_TO_6_407
Sherd TO.6.407 from Pea (Tongatapu). Slide WD_71_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.

Feldspathic. Imported.


References:

230 Nayau, Aiwa, Lau Group, Fiji, 2003 (Dickinson, W.)

Best 1984 Lakeba: the Prehistory of a Fijian Island. PhD Thesis University of Auckland (Best, S)