Research on the early prehistory of Fiji

Anderson, Atholl; Clark, Geoffrey

doi:10.22459/ta31.12.2009.01

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“…Vertical foraging stratification has been observed in arthropods [23], bats [24] and birds [25,26]. Although Viti Levu Island is considered young geologically and was exposed terrestrially about 26 million years ago [49,50], it is much older than the Galapagos Islands (ca 3 million years, with Darwin's finch evolution ~1.5 million years later) [18]. Irrespective of the age of the habitat, adaptive radiations can be fast, such as the rapid ecological, morphological, and foraging behaviour niche diversification that generated 17 Darwin's finch species in about 1.5 million years [18].…”

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Interspecific Competition and Vertical Niche Partitioning in Fiji’s Forest Birds

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Charles Darwin proposed his ‘principle of divergence’ to account for changes in traits that could promote speciation and coexistence of diverse forms through occupation of different niches to reduce interspecific competition. We explore interspecific foraging behaviour overlap in Fiji’s forest birds, and address two main questions: (1) Is there vertical stratification of foraging behavior? and (2) Is there evidence of interspecific competition driving the differences in foraging behaviour? We explore these questions across three foraging guilds, nectarivores (three species), insectivores (two species), and omnivores (two species), and find vertical portioning of foraging in each group. To investigate the effect of interspecific competition, we compared foraging heights of the Orange-breasted Myzomela (Myzomela jugularis) honeyeater on Viti Levu Island (where it coexists with two other honeyeater species) and Leleuvia Island (no other honeyeater species). On the main island Viti Levu, we found evidence for vertical niche partitioning within each foraging guild. On Leleuvia, with the ‘one-species only foraging guild’, Orange-breasted Myzomela occupied broader vertical foraging niche than on Viti Levu with two other competitor honeyeater species. This result supports the idea that vertical foraging height can be shaped by interspecific competition. The findings of this study support Darwin’s principle of divergence in Fiji’s forest birds for every foraging guild measured and adds to our understanding of the significance of interspecific competition and niche divergence for patterns of ecological speciation on islands.

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Interspecific Competition and Vertical Niche Partitioning in Fiji’s Forest Birds

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“…The continued use of To’aga from 2607 cal BP onwards (i.e., the Main Excavation/Transitional boundary date [Table 2]) overlaps activities elsewhere on Ofu Island supporting continuous settlement by this time. A continuum of human presence in Sāmoa has previously been postulated by Anderson and Clark ([77] pg 415) ostensibly because the distinctive Sāmoan plainware ceramics would have necessitated some length of time to develop.…”

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The importance of shell: Redating of the To’aga site (Ofu Island, Manu'a) and a revised chronology for the Lapita to Polynesian Plainware transition in Tonga and Sāmoa

Petchey

2019

PLoS ONE

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Radiocarbon dating Pacific archaeological sites is fraught with difficulties. Often situated in coastal beach ridges or sand dunes, these sites exhibit horizontal and vertical disturbances, datable materials such as wood charcoal are typically highly degraded, may be derived from old trees or driftwood unless specifically identified to short-lived material, while bone collagen rarely survives in tropical conditions. Shell, therefore, is the most logical material for dating Pacific sites since it is resistant to alteration, can be sampled to ensure only the last few seasons of growth are represented and is often closely tied to human economic activities. However, shell radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating has been plagued by interpretive problems largely due to our limited knowledge of the 14 C cycle in nearshore marine and estuarine environments. Consequently, shell dates are typically ignored in regional chronometric evaluations and in recent years shell is often avoided for dating altogether. Recent advances in our understanding of the source of shell 14 C as well as the development of the first South Pacific Gyre model of changing marine 14 C over time, combined with Bayesian statistical modelling, now provide us with insight into the value of these shell radiocarbon dates. Here we present a revision of the age of the To’aga site on Ofu Island–an early occupation site associated with the initial Polynesian Plainware period in Sāmoa, the earliest use of which we date to between 2785 and 2607 cal BP (68% probability).

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“…They maintained accounting records as an extension of distant records and associated practices. Precursors of these outsiders included the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1643 and the English explorer James Cook in 1774 (Anderson and Clark, 2009; William Mason, 1887). Other early encounters with Fijians are recounted by Bligh (1792) and a Captain Barber in 1794 (Thurn and Wharton, 1925).…”

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Development of accounting in Fiji, 1801–2016

Sharma

Samkin

2018

Accounting History

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This article reviews the development of accounting in Fiji. Although this article mentions the pre-European contact period (before 1800), four key phases during which accounting developments occurred are examined. These are the pre-colonial period (1801–1873), the colonial period (1874–1970), Fiji as a Sovereign State under the 1970 Constitution (1971–1986) and the Fijian Sovereign State following the 1987 coups (1987–2016). In each of these periods, a number of major accounting developments that occurred in the country are reviewed and the players responsible for the developments are identified. Directions for future accounting history research are suggested.

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Research on the early prehistory of Fiji

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

Interspecific Competition and Vertical Niche Partitioning in Fiji’s Forest Birds

Interspecific Competition and Vertical Niche Partitioning in Fiji’s Forest Birds

The importance of shell: Redating of the To’aga site (Ofu Island, Manu'a) and a revised chronology for the Lapita to Polynesian Plainware transition in Tonga and Sāmoa

Development of accounting in Fiji, 1801–2016

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