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NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF
ARCHAEOLOGY ABSTRACT |
Petrography of Polynesian Plainware
from ‘Ata, Tonga
William R. Dickinson1
ABSTRACT
The temper sands in two representative potsherds of
Polynesian Plainware collected
from the surface on the central plateau of ‘Ata, the
southernmost island of Tonga, are
poorly to moderately sorted aggregates of angular to
subangular volcanic sand
apparently derived from pyroclastic strata exposed
over wide areas in the interior of
‘Ata. The tempers are unlike any in the several
hundred prehistoric sherds that have
been examined in thin section from elsewhere in Tonga,
and indicate local
manufacture of pottery on ‘Ata.
Keywords: PETROGRAPHY, TEMPER SANDS, POLYNESIAN PLAINWARE,
‘ATA, TONGA.
1Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, USA
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