Fabric Code: tpr431

Lifuka lithic

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. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
Max 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 na
Min 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Tonga

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_73_21 Lifuka (Lifuka) Lifuka 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 microlitic, vitric
WD_73_24 Lifuka (Lifuka) Lifuka 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 microlitic, vitric

WD_73_21

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Sherd 323 from Lifuka (Lifuka). Slide WD_73_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.

Polynesian plainware. Has orthopyroxene. P index 0.88.


WD_73_24

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Sherd 994b from Lifuka (Lifuka). Slide WD_73_24 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.

Polynesian plainware. Has orthopyroxene. P index 0.86.


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.)