Douglas G Sutton
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 160632 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Douglas G Sutton |
| NOMBRES | Douglas G |
| APELLIDO | Sutton |
| FIRMA | SUTTON D G |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Auckland |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 51 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1982 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Does Carneiro's circumscription theory help us understand Maori history? An analysis of the obsidian assemblage from Pouerua Pa, New Zealand (Aotearoa)
The timing of the human discovery and colonization of New Zealand
Wetland Microfossils in Soil
In this study we identify wetland microfossils in agricultural soils in Polynesian stone mounds at Pouerua, northern New Zealand. These include diatoms, sponge spicules, pollen, and fern and algal spores. As the presence of these microfossils is most likely anthropogenic and, as the soils are porous and free-draining, this shows that wetland microfossils can provide evidence for land use (in this case agriculture) in dryland archaeological landsc…
High Spatial Resolution of Pollen and Charcoal in Relation to the . 600 year BP Kaharoa Tephra
Pollen and phytoliths in stone mounds at Pouerua, Northland, New Zealand
High-resolution pollen and phytolith analyses can provide direct evidence for farming in archaeological landscapes. This is demonstrated here in the analysis of two mounds at Pouerua, northern New Zealand, where evidence indicates both functional and temporal differences between the structures, and the presence of gourd Lagenaria siceraria provides direct, unequivocal evidence that this crop was cultivated and that the site was used as a garden
Soil Temperature and Obsidian Hydration Dating
Advances in the Hydration Dating of New Zealand Obsidian
Palynological and Sedimentological Evidence for a Radiocarbon Chronology of Environmental Change and Polynesian Deforestation from Lake Taumatawhana, Northland, New Zealand
We present pollen diagrams and sedimentological analyses from a lake site within an extensive dune system on the Aupouri Peninsula, Northland. Five thousand years ago, a regional Agathis australis –podocarp-broadleaf forest dominated the vegetation, which manifested an increasing preponderance of conifer species. Climate was cooler and drier than at present. From ca. 3400 bp, warmth-loving species such as A. australis and drought-intolerant speci…
GIS-Based Image Enhancement of Conductivity and Magnetic Susceptibility Data from Ureturituri Pa and Fort Resolution, New Zealand
Two geographic information system (GIS) techniques for displaying, analyzing, and interpreting geophysical data were recently applied at two archaeological sites in northern New Zealand; a pre-European Maori pa (fortification), and a late nineteenth-century European fortification. A GIS was used to stretch and filter the conductivity data from the pa to accentuate subtle contrasts and clearly delineate boundaries between areas with contrasting co…
Modeling the prehistoric Maori population
Skeletal and comparative evidence of mortality is combined with fertility estimates for the precontact Maori population of New Zealand to determine the implied rate of precontact population growth. This rate is found to be too low to populate New Zealand within the time constraints of its prehistoric sequence, the probable founding population size, and the probable population size at contact. Rates of growth necessary to populate New Zealand with…
Organisation and Ontology
Deconstructing Pacific palaeodemography
Three demographic assumptions which underlie widely accepted models of process in Polynesian prehistory are examined. These are: 1) that population growth follows a sigmoid curve; 2) that the form of this curve is density dependent; and 3) that mortality increased as density rose. We argue that these three assumptions are based on the misuse of demographic algorithms; misapplication of a model based on colonising animal populations and the use of…
Time-place systematics in New Zealand archaeology
compte de la colonisation de ce pays. Ces présupposés ont abouti à la construction d'une séquence exagérément simple qui aurait commencé par une migration dans une seule direction à partir d'une île unique ou d'un archipel unique et aurait compris un changement culturel limité dont la cause aurait été soit "l'adaptation et le changement" soit "l'évolution culturelle", concept indéterminé. Il en sortit la conception de deux phases catégoriquement …
Feathered Gods and Fishhooks. An Introduction to Hawaiian Archaeology and Prehistory
This text aims to combine all the evidence for Hawaiian prehistory into a coherent pattern. It presents a balanced cultural history of the Hawaiian group of islands, from the first Polynesian settlement to the time of European contact and is grounded in the archaeological evidence
Archaeological research at Pouerua, Northland, New Zealand
Towards the Recognition of Convergent Cultural Adaptation in the Subantarctic Zone [with Comments and Replies]
In their more optimistic papers, Oceanic prehistorians have contended that that area, with its hundreds of islands, diversity of physical environments, and short period of human occupation, offers "laboratory conditions" for the study of culture change. This paper reports an attempt to take advantage of those conditions. The prehistory of the isolated and temperate Chatham Islands is outlined, and causes of the "devolutionary" culture change whic…
Organisation and Ontology
Towards the Recognition of Convergent Cultural Adaptation in the Subantarctic Zone [with Comments and Replies]
In their more optimistic papers, Oceanic prehistorians have contended that that area, with its hundreds of islands, diversity of physical environments, and short period of human occupation, offers "laboratory conditions" for the study of culture change. This paper reports an attempt to take advantage of those conditions. The prehistory of the isolated and temperate Chatham Islands is outlined, and causes of the "devolutionary" culture change whic…
Advances in the Hydration Dating of New Zealand Obsidian
Does Carneiro's circumscription theory help us understand Maori history? An analysis of the obsidian assemblage from Pouerua Pa, New Zealand (Aotearoa)
High Spatial Resolution of Pollen and Charcoal in Relation to the . 600 year BP Kaharoa Tephra
Modeling the prehistoric Maori population
Skeletal and comparative evidence of mortality is combined with fertility estimates for the precontact Maori population of New Zealand to determine the implied rate of precontact population growth. This rate is found to be too low to populate New Zealand within the time constraints of its prehistoric sequence, the probable founding population size, and the probable population size at contact. Rates of growth necessary to populate New Zealand with…
Deconstructing Pacific palaeodemography
Three demographic assumptions which underlie widely accepted models of process in Polynesian prehistory are examined. These are: 1) that population growth follows a sigmoid curve; 2) that the form of this curve is density dependent; and 3) that mortality increased as density rose. We argue that these three assumptions are based on the misuse of demographic algorithms; misapplication of a model based on colonising animal populations and the use of…
Soil Temperature and Obsidian Hydration Dating
Pollen and phytoliths in stone mounds at Pouerua, Northland, New Zealand
High-resolution pollen and phytolith analyses can provide direct evidence for farming in archaeological landscapes. This is demonstrated here in the analysis of two mounds at Pouerua, northern New Zealand, where evidence indicates both functional and temporal differences between the structures, and the presence of gourd Lagenaria siceraria provides direct, unequivocal evidence that this crop was cultivated and that the site was used as a garden
Towards the Recognition of Convergent Cultural Adaptation in the Subantarctic Zone [with Comments and Replies]
In their more optimistic papers, Oceanic prehistorians have contended that that area, with its hundreds of islands, diversity of physical environments, and short period of human occupation, offers "laboratory conditions" for the study of culture change. This paper reports an attempt to take advantage of those conditions. The prehistory of the isolated and temperate Chatham Islands is outlined, and causes of the "devolutionary" culture change whic…
Archaeological research at Pouerua, Northland, New Zealand
Feathered Gods and Fishhooks. An Introduction to Hawaiian Archaeology and Prehistory
This text aims to combine all the evidence for Hawaiian prehistory into a coherent pattern. It presents a balanced cultural history of the Hawaiian group of islands, from the first Polynesian settlement to the time of European contact and is grounded in the archaeological evidence
Time-place systematics in New Zealand archaeology
compte de la colonisation de ce pays. Ces présupposés ont abouti à la construction d'une séquence exagérément simple qui aurait commencé par une migration dans une seule direction à partir d'une île unique ou d'un archipel unique et aurait compris un changement culturel limité dont la cause aurait été soit "l'adaptation et le changement" soit "l'évolution culturelle", concept indéterminé. Il en sortit la conception de deux phases catégoriquement …
Deconstructing Pacific palaeodemography
Three demographic assumptions which underlie widely accepted models of process in Polynesian prehistory are examined. These are: 1) that population growth follows a sigmoid curve; 2) that the form of this curve is density dependent; and 3) that mortality increased as density rose. We argue that these three assumptions are based on the misuse of demographic algorithms; misapplication of a model based on colonising animal populations and the use of…
Modeling the prehistoric Maori population
Skeletal and comparative evidence of mortality is combined with fertility estimates for the precontact Maori population of New Zealand to determine the implied rate of precontact population growth. This rate is found to be too low to populate New Zealand within the time constraints of its prehistoric sequence, the probable founding population size, and the probable population size at contact. Rates of growth necessary to populate New Zealand with…
Organisation and Ontology
Palynological and Sedimentological Evidence for a Radiocarbon Chronology of Environmental Change and Polynesian Deforestation from Lake Taumatawhana, Northland, New Zealand
We present pollen diagrams and sedimentological analyses from a lake site within an extensive dune system on the Aupouri Peninsula, Northland. Five thousand years ago, a regional Agathis australis –podocarp-broadleaf forest dominated the vegetation, which manifested an increasing preponderance of conifer species. Climate was cooler and drier than at present. From ca. 3400 bp, warmth-loving species such as A. australis and drought-intolerant speci…
GIS-Based Image Enhancement of Conductivity and Magnetic Susceptibility Data from Ureturituri Pa and Fort Resolution, New Zealand
Two geographic information system (GIS) techniques for displaying, analyzing, and interpreting geophysical data were recently applied at two archaeological sites in northern New Zealand; a pre-European Maori pa (fortification), and a late nineteenth-century European fortification. A GIS was used to stretch and filter the conductivity data from the pa to accentuate subtle contrasts and clearly delineate boundaries between areas with contrasting co…
Advances in the Hydration Dating of New Zealand Obsidian
Soil Temperature and Obsidian Hydration Dating
Pollen and phytoliths in stone mounds at Pouerua, Northland, New Zealand
High-resolution pollen and phytolith analyses can provide direct evidence for farming in archaeological landscapes. This is demonstrated here in the analysis of two mounds at Pouerua, northern New Zealand, where evidence indicates both functional and temporal differences between the structures, and the presence of gourd Lagenaria siceraria provides direct, unequivocal evidence that this crop was cultivated and that the site was used as a garden
High Spatial Resolution of Pollen and Charcoal in Relation to the . 600 year BP Kaharoa Tephra
Wetland Microfossils in Soil
In this study we identify wetland microfossils in agricultural soils in Polynesian stone mounds at Pouerua, northern New Zealand. These include diatoms, sponge spicules, pollen, and fern and algal spores. As the presence of these microfossils is most likely anthropogenic and, as the soils are porous and free-draining, this shows that wetland microfossils can provide evidence for land use (in this case agriculture) in dryland archaeological landsc…
The timing of the human discovery and colonization of New Zealand
Does Carneiro's circumscription theory help us understand Maori history? An analysis of the obsidian assemblage from Pouerua Pa, New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Geography (15 obras) · Archaeology (14 obras) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (14 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 obras) · History (7 obras) · Geology (6 obras) · History (6 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 obras) · Biology (5 obras) · Ethnology (5 obras)