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Appendix III Illustrated Artifacts (cont.) Page 118 - 13.40 Tubuai octopus lure sinkers vs Marquesan example 122 - 13.78 Adze fragment 453-271-4Ea-11 124 -13.41 Adze Type 4Ea blade tip comparisons 126 - 13.64 Adze fragment 453-332-1Aa-1f 130 - 13.79 Adze fragment 452-318-UN-1f 132 - 13.75 Latirus-shell chisel 452-313-LSC-N-1 133 - 13.72 Terebra-shell chisel 452-318-TSC-S-2 134 - 13.77 Terebra-shell chisels 135 - 13.73 Terebra-shell chisel 452-314-TSC-C-1 136 - 13.74 Terebra-shell chisel 452-313-TSC-C-1 138 - 13.80 Adze fragment 452-318-6Ac-1f 142 - 13.81 Octopus lure sinker 452-318-OLS-1 TUBUAI ARTIFACTS Octopus lure sinker (coffee bean shaped) 452-318-OLS-1 Diagram 13.81 This artifact was brought to the surface by the recent ploughing of Parcelle AHOAPOFATU (452-318). It was found about 5 meters north of the test pit *1 site. It appears to have made from a very porous vesicular Lava which appears a rusty colour and may in fact be iron rich (and rusted). This sinker deviates somewhat from other Tubuai specimens in that the groove does not extend fully to the back and the ends appear somewhat flattened, thus the shape (as viewed from above) is a rather more quadrangular-oval. Its presence at the AHDAPOFATU site confirms the the important correspondence and artifact similarity between this and the TEADA Site where 2 other similar coffee bean shaped sinkers have been recovered as well as other 'early' artifacts. |
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