Chris Jacomb

Biographic Data

ID297735
NAMEChris Jacomb
GIVEN NAMESChris
FAMILY NAMEJacomb
SIGNATUREJACOMB C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Otago
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS61
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX4

  • Mass Migration and the Polynesian Settlement of New Zealand

    Open AccessR K Walter, Richard Walter et al.ARTICLEJournal of World Prehistory2017

    This paper reintroduces the concept of mass migration into debates concerning the timing and nature of New Zealand's settlement by Polynesians. Upward revisions of New Zealand's chronology show that the appearance of humans on the landscape occurred extremely rapidly, and that within decades settlements had been established across the full range of climatic zones. We show that the rapid appearance of a strong archaeological signature in the early…

  • A morphometric reassessment of Roger Duff's Polynesian adze typology

    Open AccessCeri Shipton, Marshall Weisler et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2016

  • High-precision dating and ancient DNA profiling of moa (Aves

    Open AccessChris Jacomb, Richard N Holdaway et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2014Cited by: 10References: 5

  • Molecular and morphological analyses of avian eggshell excavated from a late thirteenth century earth oven

    Open AccessCharlotte L Oskam, Chris Jacomb et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2011Cited by: 3References: 8

  • Excavations at Cook’s Cove, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand

    Open AccessR K Walter, Richard Walter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Pacific Archaeology2010

    The Cook’s Cove site (Z17/311) on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand is an unusual example of an archaeological site spanning close to the full duration of the New Zealand prehistoric sequence. In addition to a record of Polynesian activities, the site is also well known as the type site for the North Island Holocene stratigraphy. Recent excavations at Cook’s Cove have resulted in a reinterpretation of the nature of Polynesian occu…

  • Colonisation, mobility and exchange in New Zealand prehistory

    Open AccessR K Walter, Richard Walter et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2010Cited by: 14References: 9

    An analysis of the exchange of lithics in settlement period New Zealand (fourteenth century AD) is used to throw light on the mechanisms of colonisation more generally. The early distribution of New Zealand's Mayor Island obsidian demonstrates efficient exploration and dispersal, and the rapid establishment of long-distance exchange networks similar to that seen in early Melanesian obsidian movements. But in New Zealand the motivation is the ceme…

  • Living on Pipi (Paphies australis)

    Open AccessChris Jacomb, R K Walter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Pacific Archaeology2009

    A large, single-species shell midden on the South Island’s West Coast is investigated. The deposit is remarkable both for its size in an otherwise sparse and resource-poor archaeological landscape and its composition. Because of its single-species nature and apparent lack of stratigraphic variability several methods of analysis were required for its investigation. In addition to standard archaeofaunal identification these included measurement of …

  • Comment on Anderson's alternative interpretation

    Open AccessChris JacombARTICLEArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology…2006

  • Sedentism, subsistence and socio-political organization in prehistoric New Zealand

    R K Walter, Richard Walter et al.ARTICLEWorld Archaeology2006Cited by: 16References: 14

    Much archaeological thinking about the interrelationships between subsistence, sedentism and socio-political organization has been carried out within an evolutionary framework. The classic model sees the development of complex social organization linked to a rise in the importance of agriculture and of a sedentary way of life. The New Zealand record offers challenges to this model. New Zealand is an unusual case involving a society moving from an…

  • A fourteenth-century house from the Rakaia River Mouth, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Open AccessChris JacombARTICLEArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology…2005Cited by: 4References: 12

    Large-scale areal excavations at the Rakaia River Mouth moa-hunting site exposed an array of post holes indicative of a substantial building. Also found were the remains of a possible cooking shelter and oven, several fire scoops, and early type artefacts, all contained within a fenced enclosure. Radiocarbon dates provide a fourteenth-century age estimate. The structural features provide important new insights into the nature of intra-site spatia…

  • Gardening at the edge

    Open AccessKari N Bassett, Hamish W Gordon et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2004Cited by: 4References: 2

    An Erratum has been published for this article in Geoarchaeology 19(6) 2004, 613. Kumara ( Ipomoea batatus ), a major food source for Maori, was brought to New Zealand from tropical Eastern Polynesia ∼700 years ago. Maori successfully adapted their cultivation techniques to grow kumara in New Zealand's cooler, seasonal climate, although most kumara cultivation was limited to the warmer North Island, with cultivation becoming more marginal southwa…

  • Dating the first New Zealanders

    Open AccessThomas Higham, T F G Higham et al.ARTICLEAntiquity1999Cited by: 10References: 19

    The first colonization of New Zealand is a much debated issue. The lack of appropriate absolute dating has meant chronology has been poorly understood. New 14C dating of materials from archaic Polynesian graves and occupation levels provides important precision and understanding of early exploitation on New Zealand