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Table of Contents - Special Paper 406

Temper Sands in Prehistoric Oceanian Pottery: Geotectonics, Sedimentology, Petrography, Provenance

edited by William R. Dickinson

Preface vii
Abstract 1
Introduction and Purpose 3
Temper Terminology 3
  Temper Varieties 3
  Temper and Paste 4
  Sampling Strategy 5
  Temper Suites 5
  Topical Treatment 5
  Scientific Benefits 7
Oceanian Cultural Context 7
  Ceramic Assemblages 7
  Lapita Sherds 10
  Environmental Changes 10
  Sea-Level Highstand 11
Geotectonic Temper Classes 11
  Geotectonic Patterns 14
  Western Subregion 14
  Central Subregion 14
  Eastern Subregion 20
Temper Textural Properties 20
  Beach and Stream Sand Tempers 20
  Natural and Manually Added Tempers 21
  Epiclastic and Pyroclastic Tempers 21
  Grog and Crushed-Rock Tempers 21
Terrigenous Grain Types 21
  Grain Groups 22
  Mineral Identification 23
  Light Minerals 23
  Heavy Minerals 25
  Lithic Fragments 26
Temper Compositional Modes 27
  Grain Counting 27
  Ternary Plots 28
  Supplemental Parameters 29
Oceanic Basalt Tempers 29
  Overall Composition 30
  Caroline Tempers 30
  Rotuma-Uvea Tempers 32
  Samoan Tempers 32
  Marquesan Tempers 37
Andesitic Arc Tempers 38
  Overall Composition 39
  Bonin Temper 40
  Mariana Tempers 40
  Yap Volcanic Tempers 44
  Palau Tempers 46
  Halmahera Tempers 47
  Lease Temper 47
  Banda Temper 50
  Bismarck Arc Tempers 50
  Solomon Arc Tempers 56
  Vanuatu Tempers 61
  Fiji Platform Arc Tempers 67
  Lau Remnant Arc Temper 70
  Tongan Tempers 71
Postarc and Backarc Tempers 75
  Backarc Admiralty Tempers 75
  Postarc TLTF Tempers 76
  Backarc Vanuatu Tempers 79
  Horne Islands Tempers 79
  Postarc Fiji-Lau Tempers 80
Dissected Orogen Tempers 87
  Torres Strait Temper 88
  Aitape Coast Tempers 88
  Bismarck Archipelago 88
  Muyua (Woodlark) Temper 91
  Solomon Islands 91
  Southern Viti Levu 92
Tectonic Highland Tempers 95
  Yap Metavolcanic Temper 96
  Outer Banda Arc Tempers 97
  Aru Islands Temper 98
  D’Entrecasteaux Temper 98
  New Caledonia Tempers 99
Comparative Temper Compositions 101
  Heavy Minerals 101
  Light Minerals 104
  Lithic Fragments 104
Patterns of Ceramic Transfer 105
  Anomalous Sherds 107
  Micronesian Region 107
  Molucca-Arafura Region 109
  Bismarck-Solomon Region 112
  New Caledonia–Vanuatu Region 115
  Fiji-Lau Region 116
  Outward from Fiji 117
  Tonga Relations 118
  Transfer Distances 119
Summary and Conclusions 120
Acknowledgments 121
References Cited 122
Appendix 1: Catalogue of Prehistoric Oceanian Potsherds Examined Petrographically in Thin Section 138
Appendix 2: Sherd Photomicrographs 151
Appendix 3: Index to Islands, Island Groups, and Archaeological Sites 161