Steven P Lundblad

Biographic Data

ID	221119
NAME	Steven P Lundblad
GIVEN NAMES	Steven P
FAMILY NAME	Lundblad
SIGNATURE	LUNDBLAD S P
AFFILIATIONS	University of Hawaii at Hilo
ORCID	0009-0006-5866-969X
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	18
TOTAL CITATIONS	57
AUTHOR COUNT	18
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	5

Documentation of inter-island interaction in the Mariana Islands through geochemical characterization of volcanic stone artifacts
Open AccessTimothy M Rieth, Peter R Mills et al.ARTICLEJournal of Pacific Archaeology2026
The Mariana Islands have at least a three-millennia human occupation and have been subject to decades of intensive archaeological research. However, unlike other regions of Oceania, intra- and inter-archipelago movement of volcanic stone/tools is poorly documented. We used non-destructive EDXRF to characterize the geochemistry of 36 geological samples from three islands (Sarigan, Rota, and Guam) and 287 artifacts and manuports from five islands (…
Lithic economies in upland Kaʻū
Open AccessQuintu, Seth Quintus et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2026References: 46
A Newly Identified Basalt Adze Quarry at Honoko‘i Gulch, East Moloka‘i, Hawaiian Islands
Open AccessP V Kirch, Jillian A Swift et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2025References: 3
To date, no quarries were known on the eastern part of Moloka‘i Island, and it was assumed that the Kaluako‘i quarries on West Moloka‘i supplied the East Moloka‘i communities with adze material. Here, we report on the identification of a major quarry at Honoko‘i Gulch, near Hālawa Valley at the island's eastern tip. Fine‐grained basalt (technically hawaiite‐mugearite) exposed in a massive cliff was extracted and reduced to adze preforms at the qu…
The patterning of volcanic glass transfer across eastern Oʻahu Island, Hawaiʻi
Open AccessQuintu, Thomas S Dye et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023References: 19
Trace element and Pb isotope analyses highlight decentralized inter-island exchange in American Sāmoa (Polynesia)
Open AccessQuintu, Peter Mills et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2022
Provenance, production, and distribution of basalt and volcanic glass artifacts in Leeward Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island
Open AccessPeter R Mills, Steven P Lundblad et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2022Cited by: 3References: 12
We examined 2947 basalt and volcanic glass artifacts from 38 sites in leeward Kohala. Nondestructive energy‐dispersive X‐ray fluorescence provided initial geochemical characterizations. Wavelength‐dispersive X‐ray fluorescence (WDXRF) and thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) analyses were completed on samples from ambiguously sourced groups. No more than 13.9% of the probable and definite adze‐related debitage originated in leeward Kohala.…
Volcanic glass at Kualoa, O‘ahu, Hawaiian Islands: Paired technological and geochemical sourcing analyses of an expedient tool industry
Open AccessNathaniel J DiVito, Thomas S Dye et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2020Cited by: 2References: 8
Paired geochemical and technological analyses of basalt adze debitage at the Hālawa Dune Site, Molokaʻi Island, Hawaiʻi
Open AccessPeter Mills, Peter R Mills et al.ARTICLEArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology…2018Cited by: 5References: 23
We analysed 1593 basalt artefacts from the Hālawa Dune Site, on the easternmost part of Molokaʻi Island, for a combination of geochemical and technological attributes to expose different reduction strategies related to basalt adze production and rejuvenation. West Molokaʻi is well known as a location where many outcrops were quarried to make adzes, but the island's east side has not been widely perceived as a location where adzes were produced in…
Settlement Chronologies and Shifting Resource Exploitation in Ka‘ū District, Hawaiian Islands
J G Kahn, Steven P Lundblad et al.ARTICLEAsian perspectives2016
Museum collections contribute valuable information for cultural heritage, biological conservation, and the application of innovative and new methodological approaches. Collections deriving from archaeological projects in Hawai‘i serve as a case in point. Here, we report on re-analysis of two Ka‘ū District collections from Hawai‘i Island (HA-B22-64 and -248) to demonstrate what can be learned when applying new research questions to old collections…
Alternative models of volcanic glass quarrying and exchange in Hawai'i
Open AccessJeffrey L Putzi, Nathaniel J DiVito et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2015References: 8
Current Perspectives on Hawai‘i’s Stone Tool Economies
Open AccessPeter Mills, Peter R Mills et al.ARTICLEJournal of Pacific Archaeology2014
Patrick Kirch’s publication of Feathered Gods and Fishhooks in 1985 emphasized the value of sourcing stone tools to delineate precontact interaction spheres and the evolution of social complexity in Hawai‘i. Throughout the 1990s, however, published sourcing studies included just over 200 specimens, limiting our ability to generate well-substantiated conclusions related to stone tool production over nearly a millennium of Hawaiian prehistory. Rece…
Non-destructive XRF Analyses of Fine-grained Basalts from Eiao, Marquesas Islands
Open AccessMichel Charleux, Andrew Mcalister et al.ARTICLEJournal of Pacific Archaeology2014
The Marquesan island of Eiao was an important source of fine-grained basalt in Central East Polynesia, with examples being identified in archaeological assemblages throughout the region. However, compared to many other large-scale Polynesian basalt sources, little has been published about the physical extent and geochemical variability of tool-quality basalt on Eiao; prior to our study, only a single site with evidence of stone extraction had bee…
X-ray fluorescence analysis and intra-island exchange in the Society Island archipelago (Central Eastern Polynesia)
Open AccessJ G Kahn, John M Sinton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2013
Reappraising craft specialization and exchange in pre-contact Hawai`i through non-destructive sourcing of basalt adze debitage
Open AccessPeter R Mills, Steven P Lundblad et al.ARTICLEJournal of Pacific Archaeology2011
Depictions of pre-Contact Hawaiian complex societies are framed in self-sufficient small land units (Ahupua‘a) that minimised the occurrence of long-distance commodity exchange and chiefly redistributive networks. We test the Ahupua‘a model by using non-destructive Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) to source 955 basalt flakes and cores recovered from Kahalu‘u Habitation Cave in the Kona district (~AD 1600–1800). Findings suggest that l…
Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence analysis of Haleakalā basalt adze quarry materials, Maui, Hawai‘i
Open AccessMelanie Ann Mintmier, Peter R Mills et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2011Cited by: 5References: 4
A cost surface model of volcanic glass quarrying and exchange in Hawai‘i
Open AccessM D Mccoy, Peter R Mills et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2011Cited by: 24References: 13
Geochemical sourcing of basalt artifacts from Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands
Open AccessPeter R Mills, Steven P Lundblad et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2010Cited by: 10References: 1
Science and Sensitivity: A Geochemical Characterization of the Mauna Kea Adze Quarry Complex, Hawai'I Island, Hawaii
Open AccessPeter R Mills, Steven P Lundblad et al.ARTICLEAmerican Antiquity2008Cited by: 8References: 30
The Mauna Kea Adze Quarry Complex is the largest-known prehistoric quarry in the Pacific Basin. The main extraction areas are located at an extreme altitude (3,800 m), near the summit of Hawaii's tallest mountain. The Mauna Kea summit region and the quarry are considered by many Hawaiians to be a sacred landscape and archaeologists must consider the ethical tensions involved in conducting Western science in these areas. Although provenance studie…