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Temper sands in sherds from Niuatoputapu excavations in Tonga: [appendix B]
Niuatoputapu: the prehistory of a Polynesian chiefdom, by Patrick Vinton Kirch • (5) • Published In 1988 • Pages: 274-277
By: Dickinson, W. R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Dickinson thin sectioned sherds from Niutoputapu and compared them with sherds from different islands in Tonga. The sherds were examined to determine grain types and tempers. All samples "fall within the Tongan spectrum of calcareous, ferromagneisan, and pumiceous or lithic tempers…" meaning all sherds were locally made.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Mineral resources
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongan
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2500 BP-1200 BP (500 B.C.-800 BP)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Niuatoputapu, Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- by W. R. Dickinson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88007482
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Prehistoric peoples--Tonga--Niuatoputapu Island/Polynesians--Antiquities/Niuatoputapu Island (Tonga)--Antiquities/Tonga--Antiquities