Re-envisioning long-distance Oceanic migration: early dates in the Mariana Islands

Carson, Mike T.; Kurashina, Hiro

doi:10.1080/00438243.2012.727342

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“…These findings now are confirmed for at least two sites in Guam, another two in Tinian, and three in Saipan (Carson and Kurashina 2012). Regarding the decorated pottery, a virtually identical match with the Philippines suggests a largely shared Philippines-Marianas system, whereas significant modifications and elaborations are evident in Lapita assemblages.…”

Section: Seeking the Lapita Homelandsupporting

confidence: 66%

The Pottery Trail From Southeast Asia to Remote Oceania

Carson

Hung

Summerhayes

et al. 2013

The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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Section: Seeking the Lapita Homelandsupporting

confidence: 66%

The Pottery Trail From Southeast Asia to Remote Oceania

Carson

Hung

Summerhayes

et al. 2013

The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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“…Therefore, radiocarbon determinations on Anadara sp. do not support the existence of an older cultural assemblage at Bapot‐1 dating to 3562–3508 calBP (1612–1558 BC), as suggested by Carson (), Carson and Kurashina () and Carson (). Instead, our Bayesian 14 C model suggests human arrival at Bapot‐1 around 3200–3080 calBP (1250–1140 BC).…”

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confidence: 65%

“…This age range is based on three radiocarbon ( 14 C) determinations on Anadara sp. shellfish (Carson & Kurashina : 430) that were rejected by Clark et al . () because they were older than results on charcoal and other marine shell species from comparable deposits.…”

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Colonisation of Remote Oceania: New dates for the Bapot‐1 site in the Mariana Islands

Petchey

Clark

Winter

et al. 2016

Archaeology in Oceania

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Abstract:The colonisation of the Mariana Islands in Western Micronesia is likely to represent a long distance ocean dispersal of more than 2000 km, and establishing the date of human arrival in the archipelago is important for modelling Neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific. In 2010, Clark et al. published a paper discussing a number of radiocarbon dates from the Bapot-1 site on Saipan Island, but a disparity between charcoal and marine shell (Anadara sp.) results prevented the calculation of a definitive age for the site and left open the possibility that Bapot-1 was first settled as early as 3500 cal BP. Here we present new research using a combination of stable isotope (δ 13 C and δ 18 O) and 14 C information to demonstrate that A. antiquata from the lowest layers of Bapot-1 is affected by hardwaters. These new results indicate human arrival at Bapot-1 occurred around 3200-3080 cal. BP (1250-1130 BC). We recommend a similar isotopic evaluation for other sites in the Marianas that are dated by marine shell.

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“…In these island groups, the earliest discrete settlement period (hereafter the Early Period) is marked by the dominance of nearshore marine subsistence over horticulture, by settlements located in places where access to these resources was optimal and, in many groups, the existence of a distinctive material culture, including manufacture of intricately decorated pots, shell jewellery and perhaps woodcarving and tattooing; the maritime abilities of these first settlers are selfevident (Carson, 2011;Carson and Kurashina, 2012;Green, 2003). In the tropical South Pacific, the name 'Lapita' is used to refer to the distinct culture of settlers during the Early Period.…”

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“…Similarities in lifestyle are attributable to interactions with similar environments. The earliest settlement period in the Marianas is marked by manufacture of decorated (not Lapita) pottery commencing about 3,500-3,300 cal bp and becoming rare after 2,700-2,500 cal bp (Carson, 2008(Carson, , 2012Carson and Kurashina, 2012).…”

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Collapses of island societies from environmental forcing: Does history hold lessons for the future?

Nunn¹,

Carson²

2015

Global Environment

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Societies that develop on islands in oceans, distant from continental shores and one another, are unusually vulnerable to fundamental change (collapse). It is argued that a common cause of such change is the effect of external (climate-driven) environmental forcing on food resources, especially those on which coastal-dwelling island peoples invariably depend. Relative changes in sea level that were comparatively rapid are implicated in several instances of societal collapse on islands; two examples are discussed. The first refers to western tropical Pacific Island groups in which Early Period societies are distinctive, representing periods of human settlement beginning 3,500–2,800 years ago and undergoing major transformative change a few centuries later. The end of these Early Period societies appears to have been near-synchronous, an observation requiring an external and region-wide driver rather than local drivers. Sea-level fall, which began 4,000–3,000 years ago in this region, continued for some centuries and is considered to have dropped below a critical threshold about 2,570 years ago, abruptly reducing useful coastal bioproductivity and forcing the inhabitants of these islands to sharply reduce their dependence on coastal foods. Second is the effect of sea-level fall during the AD 1300 Event (approximately AD 1250–1350) that rapidly reduced coastal food availability and resulted in conflict that forced human groups throughout the higher islands of the tropical Pacific to abandon coastal settlements in favour of those in defensible locations inland, upslope and offshore. On lower islands (atolls), people made use of islands newly formed as a result of the sea-level fall during the ad 1300 Event, while some islands were abandoned by people altogether. External environmental change, particularly sea-level change, has demonstrated potential to force fundamental alterations to island societies and even cause their collapse. This situation remains the same in today’s more globalised island world, where some islands are likely to become uninhabitable within a few decades as a result of sea-level rise, while on others deleterious impacts on coastal food systems are likely to force coastal peoples to seek new ways of feeding themselves.

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Re-envisioning long-distance Oceanic migration: early dates in the Mariana Islands

Cited by 40 publications

References 18 publications

The Pottery Trail From Southeast Asia to Remote Oceania

The Pottery Trail From Southeast Asia to Remote Oceania

Colonisation of Remote Oceania: New dates for the Bapot‐1 site in the Mariana Islands

Collapses of island societies from environmental forcing: Does history hold lessons for the future?

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