A 600–700‐year‐old basalt adze production site from Mount Bates, Norfolk Island

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ID6038650
AutoresNicola Jorgensen (The University of Sydney), Amy M Way (0000-0001-8896-1815, Australian Museum Research Institute, The University of Sydney), J L Flexner (0000-0002-2577-5991, The University of Sydney), James Flexner (The University of Sydney)
Año2024
Volumen59
Número1
Páginas138-148
Fecha de publicación2024-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/arco.5307
OpenAlexW4389224307
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas24

While pre‐European settlement of Norfolk Island has been recognised for many decades, particularly the larger settlement site at Emily Bay, until this point there has been limited understanding, and very little systematic recording of evidence for inland settlement. This report presents the location, chronology, stratigraphy and artefact assemblage of a previously undocumented lithic production site from Mount Bates in the north‐western uplands of Norfolk Island. The site dates to approximately 600–700 calBP. Excavations recovered over 1200 basalt artefacts, representing various stages in the adze production process. Sites such as this contribute to a better understanding of the range of activities carried out by Polynesian settlers of Norfolk Island, the stone tool economies of marginal Polynesia and the importance of local stone sources for understanding Oceanic settlement

Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Basalt · BATES · Bay · Chronology · Excavation · Geography · Mount · Pottery · Settlement (finance · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Geology · Paleontology