Fabric Code: tpr413a

Lakeba calcareous

Indigenous to Lakeba.

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 6 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vitric
Min 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fiji

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
SB_8_2 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic
SB38_1_6 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 5 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric
SB_5_91 Lakeba (Lakeba) Lakeba 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 na

SB_8_2

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Sherd 3_33 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_8_2 from Best Collection, Auckland University. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Dari (flared-rim bowl).


SB38_1_6

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Sherd 6 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB38_1_6 from Best Collection, Auckland University. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Calcareous with opaques.


SB_5_91

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Sherd 47-16 from Lakeba (Lakeba). Slide SB_5_91 from Best Collection, Auckland University. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Dari (flared-rim bowl). Entirely calcareous.


References:

072-Lakeba, Lau group, Fiji, 1978 (Dickinson, W.)

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