Fabric Code: tpr426

Haapi placer

Orthopyroxene as well as clinopyroxene. Tongan tempers have orthopyroxene.

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.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
Max	3	1	2	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	na
Min	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	Tonga

Representative slides:

Slide	Site	Possible Origin	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
WD_73_1	Faleloa (Foa)	Ha'api	2	0	1	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	microlitic, vitric
WD_73_2	Faleloa (Foa)	Ha'apai	1	1	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	microlitic, vitric
WD_73_3	Faleloa (Foa)	Ha'api	2	0	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	microlitic, vitric
WD_73_4	Faleloa (Foa)	Ha'apai	3	0	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	microlitic, vitric
WD_73_6	Faleloa (Foa)	Ha'apai	2	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	microlitic, vitric
WD_73_7	Vaipuna (‘Uiha)	Ha'apai	0	1	2	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	microlitic, vitric
WD_73_8	Vaipuna (‘Uiha)	Ha'apai	2	0	1	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	microlitic, vitric

WD_73_1

FaleloaFoa_51 — Sherd 51 from Faleloa (Foa). Slide WD_73_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.

FaleloaFoa_51 — Sherd 51 from Faleloa (Foa). Slide WD_73_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.

Lapita sherd. Has orthopyroxene- Pindex 0.85.

WD_73_2

FaleloaFoa_53a — Sherd 53a from Faleloa (Foa). Slide WD_73_2 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.

FaleloaFoa_53a — Sherd 53a from Faleloa (Foa). Slide WD_73_2 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.

Lapita sherd. Py index 0.81.

WD_73_3

FaleloaFoa_58 — Sherd 58 from Faleloa (Foa). Slide WD_73_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.

FaleloaFoa_58 — Sherd 58 from Faleloa (Foa). Slide WD_73_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.

Lapita sherd. P index 0.86.

WD_73_4

FaleloaFoa_96d — Sherd 96d from Faleloa (Foa). Slide WD_73_4 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.

FaleloaFoa_96d — Sherd 96d from Faleloa (Foa). Slide WD_73_4 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.

Lapita sherd. With orthopyroxenes.

WD_73_6

FaleloaFoa_100 — Sherd 100 from Faleloa (Foa). Slide WD_73_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.

FaleloaFoa_100 — Sherd 100 from Faleloa (Foa). Slide WD_73_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.

Lapita sherd. Has orthopyroxene.

WD_73_7

Uiha_1_13 — Sherd 1-13 from Vaipuna (‘Uiha). Slide WD_73_7 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.

Uiha_1_13 — Sherd 1-13 from Vaipuna (‘Uiha). Slide WD_73_7 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.

Lapita sherd. Has orthopyroxene. Py index 0.82

WD_73_8

Uiha_4_4_14 — Sherd 4-14 from Vaipuna (‘Uiha). Slide WD_73_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.

Uiha_4_4_14 — Sherd 4-14 from Vaipuna (‘Uiha). Slide WD_73_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.

Lapita sherd. Has olivine. Has Py index 0.88.

References:

Sand Tempers in Indigenous Lapita and Lapitoid Polynesian Plainware and Imported Protohistoric Fijia (Dickinson, W., Shutler, R., Shortland, R., Burley, D.V., Dye, T.S.)