Lapita on the Periphery. New data on old problems in the Kingdom of Tonga

Burley, David V.; Dickinson, William R.; Barton, Andrew; Shutler, Richard

doi:10.1002/j.1834-4453.2001.tb00481.x

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“…are slightly earlier than any undisputed dates for other Lapita sites on Fanga 'Uta Lagoon or elsewhere in Tonga, where the later interval of 850-800 B.C.E. is the oldest dated with confidence (4,7,9).…”

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“…Data from archaeological tests done in 1999 at Nukuleka (site To2), strategically positioned at the entrance to Fanga 'Uta Lagoon, when combined with results from a 1965 excavation (8), indicate that the lowest cultural horizon records the oldest settlement with Lapita ceramics yet discovered in Tonga (9). Radiocarbon ages for the Lapita stratum include a charcoal date of 2,790 Ϯ 50 B.P.…”

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Origin and significance of a founding settlement in Polynesia

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2001

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Origin and significance of a founding settlement in Polynesia

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2001

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“…(2950 B.C. ), given the suite of early ages from the Bourewa site in southwest Viti Levu (Nunn et al 2004a) and the ages for the same event in Tonga (Burley et al 2001;Spriggs 2002), so this interpretation remains a possibility.…”

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“…A major conclusion is that most of the pottery made during Pacific prehistory was manufactured locally. Yet in particular assemblages there are often low proportions of exotic sherds for which temper analysis has been used to help determine ancient trade or migration routes (Burley et al 2001;Dickinson 2001;Dickinson et al 1996;Ladefoged et al 1998). To this end, 45 dentate-stamped sherds from the Naitabale Lapita site were thin-sectioned and subjected to temper analysis.…”

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The Lapita Occupation at Naitabale, Moturiki Island, Central Fiji

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In 2003 the authors discovered and excavated a Lapita site at Naitabale close to the southern end of Moturiki Island (central Fiji). Today the site is 350 m inland from the coast, but in Lapita times it was located behind the active beach ridge. A large collection of potsherds (including 92 dentate-stamped or incised Lapita sherds), shell, and animal bones was recovered, together with a human burial. Sherd decorations show affinities with the Western Lapita Province rather than the Eastern Lapita Province (which includes Fiji). Temper analyses of 45 Lapita sherds do not show any unmistakably exotic (to Fiji) pottery, but 29 percent are nonlocal to Moturiki and nearby islands. Fish bones are mostly from inshore species (dominated by Scaridae), while nonfish vertebrates are dominated by turtle and include dog and chicken. Shellfish remains are dominated by gastropods, mostly Strombus spp. (43 percent of gastropod MNI). The surf clam (Atactodea striata) accounts for 38 percent of bivalve MNI, with Anadara antiquata and Gafrarium pectinatum each representing 14 percent of the bivalve MNI. The skeleton is that of a woman (Mana) 161–164 cm tall who died at 40–60 years of age. Six radiocarbon dates from bones overlap 2740–2739 cal. years B.P. (790–789 B.C.). The mandible lacks antegonial notches but is not a proper rocker jaw. The cranium was better preserved than any Lapitaassociated skeleton hitherto described, which allowed the head to be reconstructed. Stable-isotope analyses show that her diet contained significant amounts of reef foods but was probably dominated by terrestrial plants. The Lapita occupation of Naitabale is likely to have begun by 2850 cal. years B.P. (900 B.C.). Radiocarbon dates and pottery decorative styles both suggest Naitabale was first occupied within the early part of the Lapita history of Fiji.

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“…Sites farther east in Fiji and Tonga also suggest a seaward-oriented economy, yet some archaeologists suggest that these early settlers were strandloopers, moving from island to island exploiting the natural resources and moving on when these were depleted (Groube 1971, Burley et al 2001. Burley et al (2001:102) also argue that these early settlers had a mobile maritime adaptation.…”

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Impact of Human Colonization on the Landscape: A View from the Western Pacific

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In this paper we review and assess the impact of colonizing peoples on their landscape by focusing on two very different colonizing processes within the western Pacific. The first is the initial human colonization of New Guinea 45,000-40,000 years ago by hunter-foraging populations; the second is the colonization of smaller offshore islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, some 3,300 years ago, by peoples argued to have practiced agriculture: two different colonizing processes by two different groups of peoples with two different social structures practicing two very different subsistence strategies. The impact of these two colonization processes on the environment is compared and contrasted, and commonalities identified for the archaeological and vegetation record.

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Lapita on the Periphery. New data on old problems in the Kingdom of Tonga

Cited by 51 publications

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Origin and significance of a founding settlement in Polynesia

Origin and significance of a founding settlement in Polynesia

The Lapita Occupation at Naitabale, Moturiki Island, Central Fiji

Impact of Human Colonization on the Landscape: A View from the Western Pacific

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