The Temporal and Spatial Patterning of the Initial Settlement of Sāmoa

Rieth, Timothy M.; Morrison, Alex; Addison, David J.

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“…337-338) cite years of research that have failed to fill this gap as evidence that "it is more likely that the lack of Lapita and immediately post-Lapita sites is not a function of site visibility and research intensity, but represents a severely diminished or absent prehistoric population". This position is supported by a spatial analysis by Rieth et al [39] and by Cochrane et al's [17] detailed study of coastal geomorphology that suggests that the attractive coastal plains in Sāmoa may not have formed until later in its cultural history.…”

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Dispersal, Isolation, and Interaction in the Islands of Polynesia: A Critical Review of Archaeological and Genetic Evidence

Horsburgh

McCoy

2017

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Integration of archaeology, modern genetics, and ancient DNA holds promise for the reconstruction of the human past. We examine the advances in research on the indigenous peoples of Polynesia to determine: (1) what do archaeological and genetic data (ancient and modern DNA) tell us about the origins of Polynesians; and, (2) what evidence is there for long-distance travel and contacts between Polynesians and indigenous populations of the Americas? We note that the general dispersal pattern of founding human populations in the remote islands of the Pacific and long-distance interaction spheres continue to reflect well-established models. New research suggests that the formation of an Ancestral Polynesia Culture in Western Polynesia may have involved differential patterns of dispersal followed by significant later migrations. It has also been suggested that the pause between the settlement of Western and Eastern Polynesia was centuries longer than currently thought, followed by a remarkably rapid pulse of island colonization. Long-distance travel between islands of the Pacific is currently best documented through the sourcing of artifacts, while the discovery of admixture of Native American DNA within the genome of the people from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is strong new evidence for sustained contacts between Polynesia and the Americas.

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Dispersal, Isolation, and Interaction in the Islands of Polynesia: A Critical Review of Archaeological and Genetic Evidence

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McCoy

2017

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“…Since the Samoan plainwares cannot be derived convincingly from known prehistoric assemblages in the region (or from Vanuatu and New Caledonia), they are likely to represent a local development, signalling that older ceramic sites are likely to be present in Samoa. Notwithstanding the results of radiocarbon-date reviews and GIS modelling (Reith et al 2008;Addison and Morrison In press), we suggest that ceramic assemblages from Fiji-West Polynesia do not support a hypothesis that Samoa was re-settled at 2500-2400 BP.…”

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“…Clark 1996;Green 2002;Reith et al 2008) to a greater extent than Fiji-Tonga, but despite this, Addison and Morrison (In press) and (Reith et al 2008) believe that the radiocarbon record demonstrates the failure of Lapita colonisation in Samoa. Unlike the main Solomon Islands 'gap', the Lapita avoidance of Samoa cannot result from the restrictive effects of an already resident population, or from the size of inter-archipelagic distances if voyages of 800 km were commonly undertaken.…”

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“…Niuatoputapu is only 280 km from Samoa and has one Lapita site ), but Futuna, Uvea and Niuatoputapu have post-Lapita deposits with plainware ceramics and radiocarbon dates indicating continuous occupation since the Lapita era. Further, design motifs and elements from the NT-90 site on Niuatoputapu analysed by showed close relationships between Lapita sites in Fiji-West Polynesia (Sigatoka-Uvea 0.90, Mulifanua-Niuatoputapu 0.91, Niuatoputapu-Uvea 0.93), suggesting a degree of inter-island mobility and contact towards the end of the Lapita period when Samoa is suggested to have been abandoned (Reith et al 2008).…”

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“…The western end of 'Upolu has a single Lapita site, Mulifanua, which is submerged from flexural subsidence of the lithosphere under volcanic loading (Dickinson and Green 1998). Radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites in Samoa and American Samoa when filtered through 'chronometric hygiene' protocols suggest that permanent settlement of Samoa did not take place until 2500-2400 BP (Reith et al 2008).…”

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The Early Prehistory of Fiji

Anderson¹,

Clark²

2009

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terra australis 31Terra 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. Mailu. G. Irwin (1985) Volume 11: Archaeology in Eastern Timor, 1966-67. I. Glover (1986 Volume 12 List of volumes in Terra Australis THE EARLY PREHISTORY OF FIJI Edited by Geoffrey Clark and Atholl Anderson © 2009 ANU E PressPublished by ANU E Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia Email: anuepress@anu.edu. IntroductionThis volume describes results of a research program on the early phases of prehistory in Fiji.The research began in 1995 as a collaborative project of the ANU and the Fiji Museum entitled 'Prehistoric colonisation and palaeoenvironment of Fiji ' (Anderson et al. 1996). The initial emphasis was on the period beginning about 5000 BP and extending up to about 2000 BP, with the objective of studying the pre-human landscape and then the arrival, spread and environmental impact of human colonisation. At the time, human colonisation was thought to begin somewhere between 3000 and 4500 BP, depending on whether archaeological (3200-3700 BP) or paleoenvironmental (4000-4500 BP) data were preferred, and the colonising Lapita phase was regarded as persisting up to about 2000 BP (Frost 1979:64; Gibbons and Clunie 1986;Southern 1986; Davidson et al. 1990:131; Davidson and Leach 1993:102-103). Our initial fieldwork involved sediment coring for pollen, July-August 1995 in Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, including at sites where previous data had suggested unusually early dates of possible human impact (Hope and Anderson 1995). During the first season of archaeological fieldwork, in 1996, Clark began doctoral research on the early and middle phases of Fijian prehistory with the objective of studying transformations that led from Lapita towards a more distinctly Fijian cultural facies . Thus, the Fiji project was broadened, and renamed 'The Early Prehistory of Fiji Project' (abbreviated to the EPF). Its objectives were to consider initial colonisation and its effects, and later transformations before the last millennium of Fijian prehistory: approximately equating to the Sigatoka and Navatu phases in the ...

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A multi‐scalar analysis of Māori land use on Ahuahu (Great Mercury Island), New Zealand

McIVOR

Ladefoged

2015

Archaeology in Oceania

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The duration and mode of occupation of pre‐European Māori living in northern New Zealand was influenced by their subsistence strategies. Our analysis of the surface archaeological remains on Ahuahu (Great Mercury Island, Coromandel) examines how communities practiced horticulture and interacted with their local ecological and social environments through mobility, storage and competition. Focusing on a 300 ha study area in the northern quarter of the island, we use a multi‐scalar land‐unit (LU) approach to categorize the landscape as a continuously varying phenomenon with multiple characteristics. Our results suggest that the largest concentrations of horticultural features were located in areas with high sunlight exposure (insolation), good soils, low slopes and stream access. This patterning indicates that specific areas were probably being targeted for horticultural production, although differential feature preservation and visibility must also be considered. The spatial organisation of storage pits, residential features and fortified locations suggests year‐round occupation of the island, not just summer planting. The heterogeneous characteristics of the landscape influenced the settlement of three particular zones on the island. We suggest that the economic defensibility of these areas would have facilitated territoriality within a socio‐historical context of population fluidity and mobility.

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The Temporal and Spatial Patterning of the Initial Settlement of Sāmoa

Cited by 37 publications

References 29 publications

Dispersal, Isolation, and Interaction in the Islands of Polynesia: A Critical Review of Archaeological and Genetic Evidence

Dispersal, Isolation, and Interaction in the Islands of Polynesia: A Critical Review of Archaeological and Genetic Evidence

The Early Prehistory of Fiji

A multi‐scalar analysis of Māori land use on Ahuahu (Great Mercury Island), New Zealand

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