New insights into the Holocene development history of a Pacific, low-lying coral reef island: Takapoto Atoll, French Polynesia

Montaggioni, Lucien F.; Salvat, Bernard; Aubanel, Annie; Pons‐Branchu, Edwige; Martin-Garin, Bertrand; Dapoigny, Arnaud; Goeldner‐Gianella, Lydie

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105947

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“…In this regard, Pirazzoli and Montagioni (1986, p. 366) state that human habitation of the Tuamotus had to occur sometime after AD800; that is, after sea level began to decline. Whereas the ‘crossover’ date, or time at which the declining high‐tide level fell below the mid‐Holocene low‐tide level, might be closer to AD1400 (Dickinson, 2003, p. 495) with some slight variation between the northwest and southeast portions of the archipelago (Dickinson, 2009, table 1; Montaggioni et al., 2023; Pirazzoli et al., 1988). Similar to the atoll archipelago of the Marshall Islands (e.g., Kench et al., 2014), it may be that atoll emergence of the Tuamotus varies across its 1000 km length with emerged atolls providing landscapes for human colonisation at slightly different times.…”

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Sacred offerings and secular foods on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, East Polynesia

Weisler,

Rogers,

Hua

et al. 2024

Archaeology in Oceania

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In 1976, Yosihiko H. Sinoto conducted extensive archaeological survey and excavations on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago as part of a Japanese, multi‐disciplinary expedition led by Prof. Sachiko Hatanaka. Primarily excavating three marae and four habitation sites totalling ∼180 m2, more than 25000 vertebrate remains were recovered. We report the jidentification and analysis of the fauna and contrast the inventories from secular and sacred contexts inferring the ritual use of pig, dog, turtle and tuna (Scombridae), as well as identifying relatively larger parrotfish (Scaridae), groupers (Serranidae), snappers (Lutjanidae), the Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) and sharks/rays (Elasmobranchii) on marae. With a suite of 11 new AMS age determinations, we report the first directly dated precontact records for pig and dog and anchor the marae chronology possibly beginning in the thirteenth century. The 800 calBP dates imply that at least one of the Tuamotu atolls may have emerged nearly two centuries prior to the hypothesised ‘cross‐over’ date of 600 BP. Consequently, the earliest chronology of atoll emergence along the 1000 km length of the Tuamotus might vary, thus providing landscapes for human colonisation at slightly different times which has implications for the speed and tempo of colonisation.

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Sacred offerings and secular foods on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, East Polynesia

Weisler,

Rogers,

Hua

et al. 2024

Archaeology in Oceania

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“…No new data were used in this study. The data on which this article is based are available in East et al (2018), Ford et al (2020), Kench et al (2005Kench et al ( , 2012Kench et al ( , 2014Kench et al ( , 2020Kench et al ( , 2022, Liang et al (2022), McKoy et al (2010, Montaggioni et al (2019Montaggioni et al ( , 2023, Owen et al (2016), Woodroffe et al (1999), Woodroffe and Morrison (2001), Woodroffe et al (2007), Yamano et al (2014), and in Yasukochi et al (2014).…”

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Meta‐Study of Carbonate Sediment Delivery Rates to Indo‐Pacific Coral Reef Islands

Ainési,

Masselink,

Kench

2024

Geophysical Research Letters

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Coral reef islands are amongst the most vulnerable environments to sea‐level rise (SLR). Recent physical and numerical modeling studies have demonstrated that overwash processes may enable reef islands to keep up with SLR through island accretion. Sediment supply to these islands from the surrounding reef system is critical in understanding their morphodynamic adjustments, but is poorly constrained due to insufficient knowledge about sediment delivery rates. This paper provides the first estimation of sediment delivery rates to coral reef islands. Analysis of topographic and geochronological data from 28 coral reef islands indicates an average rate of sediment delivery of c. 0.1 m3 m−1 yr−1, but with substantial inter‐island variability. Comparison with carbonate sediment production rates from census‐based studies suggests that this represents one quarter of the amount of sediment produced on the reef platform. Results of this study are useful in future modeling studies for predicting morphodynamic adjustments of coral reef islands to SLR.

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“…7). Despite pioneer geomorphological works by Dana (1872) and Moore (1889), and reports on late Quaternary RSL changes by Schofield (1910), LIG deposits from Fiji were reported for the first time in the late 1970s by , who dated reefs on Yasawa Island. In the late 1990s, Nunn and Omura (1999) studied exposed reef terraces around Kadavu Island.…”

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A standardized database of Marine Isotopic Stage 5e sea-level proxies on tropical Pacific islands

Hallmann

Camoin

Webster

et al. 2021

Earth Syst. Sci. Data

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Abstract. Marine Isotope Stage 5 deposits have been reported on many tropical Pacific islands. This paper presents a database compiled through the review of MIS 5e (last interglacial – LIG) coral reef records from islands belonging to French Polynesia (Anaa, Niau, Makatea, Moruroa, Takapoto, Bora Bora), the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Lanai, Midway Atoll), Tuvalu, Kiribati (Christmas Island, Tarawa), the Cook Islands (Mangaia, Atiu, Mitiaro, Mauke, Pukapuka, Rakahanga, Rarotonga), Tonga, Samoa, the Federal States of Micronesia, the Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands (Enewetak, Bikini), New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Niue. Studies reporting other sea-level indicators dated to other Pleistocene interglacials and Holocene sea-level indicators were not inserted in the database but are included in this data description paper for completeness. Overall, about 300 studies concerning Pleistocene and Holocene sea-level indicators have been reviewed, and finally 163 age data points and 94 relative sea-level (RSL) data points from 38 studies on the MIS 5e have been inserted in the database. An additional 155 age data points have been reviewed; i.e. the tropical Pacific islands database contains 318 age data points. The main sea-level indicators include emerged coral reef terraces, but also reef units recovered in drill cores from a few islands, thus reflecting the diversity of tectonic settings and sampling approaches. Future research should be directed towards better constrained RSL reconstructions, including more precise chronological data, more accurate elevation measurements and a better refinement of the palaeo-water-depth significance of coralgal assemblages. The database for tropical Pacific islands is available open access at this link: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3991672 (Hallmann and Camoin, 2020).

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New insights into the Holocene development history of a Pacific, low-lying coral reef island: Takapoto Atoll, French Polynesia

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Sacred offerings and secular foods on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, East Polynesia

Sacred offerings and secular foods on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, East Polynesia

Meta‐Study of Carbonate Sediment Delivery Rates to Indo‐Pacific Coral Reef Islands

A standardized database of Marine Isotopic Stage 5e sea-level proxies on tropical Pacific islands

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