Sites with Lapita Pottery: Importing and Voyaging

Green, R. C.

doi:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1974.tb01333.x

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“…The presence of pigs at Lapita sites has previously been used as a proxy for horticulture [158] , [159] , but depending on the size of the pig and human populations horticulture is not necessarily a prerequisite for keeping pigs due to their ability to forage [160] , [161] . Feral pig populations survive throughout Vanuatu, including on Efate Island, indicating that if released, pigs could have survived without the assistance of humans [149] .…”

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Lapita Diet in Remote Oceania: New Stable Isotope Evidence from the 3000-Year-Old Teouma Site, Efate Island, Vanuatu

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Remote Oceania was colonized ca. 3000 BP by populations associated with the Lapita Cultural Complex, marking a major event in the prehistoric settlement of the Pacific Islands. Although over 250 Lapita sites have been found throughout the Western Pacific, human remains associated with Lapita period sites are rare. The site of Teouma, on Efate Island, Vanuatu has yielded the largest burial assemblage (n = 68 inhumations) of Lapita period humans ever discovered, providing a unique opportunity for assessing human adaptation to the environment in a colonizing population. Stable isotope ratios (δ13C, δ15N, δ34S) of human bone collagen from forty-nine Teouma adults were analyzed against a comprehensive dietary baseline to assess the paleodiet of some of Vanuatu's earliest inhabitants. The isotopic dietary baseline included both modern plants and animals (n = 98) and prehistoric fauna from the site (n = 71). The human stable isotope data showed that dietary protein at Teouma included a mixture of reef fish and inshore organisms and a variety of higher trophic marine (e.g. marine turtle) and terrestrial animals (e.g. domestic animals and fruit bats). The domestic pigs and chickens at Teouma primarily ate food from a C3 terrestrial environment but their δ15N values indicated that they were eating foods from higher trophic levels than those of plants, such as insects or human fecal matter, suggesting that animal husbandry at the site may have included free range methods. The dietary interpretations for the humans suggest that broad-spectrum foraging and the consumption of domestic animals were the most important methods for procuring dietary protein at the site. Males displayed significantly higher δ15N values compared with females, possibly suggesting dietary differences associated with labor specialization or socio-cultural practices relating to food distribution.

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Lapita Diet in Remote Oceania: New Stable Isotope Evidence from the 3000-Year-Old Teouma Site, Efate Island, Vanuatu

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“…Palmer (1968:24), writing during the period of excavation, observed that the Lapita-style pottery was more profusely decorated than at Sigatoka and probably earlier, making it, at that time, the oldest site in Fiji. This proposition was strengthened by an initial radiocarbon date from Layer 6, the basal cultural level, of 3240±100 BP (GaK-1218), and subsequent analyses of the Lapita assemblage, notably by , led to the conclusion that at least part belonged to Green's (1974) Early Eastern Lapita Phase.…”

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TA31: The Early Prehistory of Fiji

Clark¹,

Anderson²

2009

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Terra Australis reports the results of archaeological and related research within the south and east of Asia, though mainly Australia, New Guinea and island Melanesia -lands that remained terra australis incognita to generations of prehistorians. Its subject is the settlement of the diverse environments in this isolated quarter of the globe by peoples who have maintained their discrete and traditional ways of life into the recent recorded or remembered past and at times into the observable present.Since the beginning of the series, the basic colour on the spine and cover has distinguished the regional distribution of topics as follows: ochre for Australia, green for New Guinea, red for South-East Asia and blue for the Pacific Islands. From 2001, issues with a gold spine will include conference proceedings, edited papers and monographs which in topic or desired format do not fit easily within the original arrangements. All volumes are numbered within the same series.

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“…Palmer (1968:24), writing during the period of excavation, observed that the Lapita-style pottery was more profusely decorated than at Sigatoka and probably earlier, making it, at that time, the oldest site in Fiji. This proposition was strengthened by an initial radiocarbon date from Layer 6, the basal cultural level, of 3240±100 BP (GaK-1218), and subsequent analyses of the Lapita assemblage, notably by Mead et al (1973), led to the conclusion that at least part belonged to Green's (1974) Early Eastern Lapita Phase.…”

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confidence: 99%