Helene Martinsson‐wallin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4063348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helene Martinsson‐wallin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helene |
| FAMILY NAME | Martinsson‐wallin |
| SIGNATURE | WALLIN H M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5343-3780 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
From ritual spaces to monumental expressions: Rethinking East Polynesian ritual practices
As with the peopling of the Pacific Islands, the monumental ritual architecture of East Polynesia is presumed to have spread from West Polynesia. By re-examining the wealth of absolute dates available from ritual contexts across these diverse islands, the authors challenge this generalisation in Polynesian ideological materialisation, identifying three phases of development. They argue that initial west-to-east migration spread the concept of rit…
Stones in the South: Decoding Bronze Age Ritual Practices on Gotland
In this paper, we discuss the ritual practices and ritualization in the Bronze Age society on Got- land based on archaeological investigations of cairn milieus and stone ship contexts. We explore whether erected stones and demarcations on the south to south-west side of the Bronze Age cairns are the norm and whether this phenomenon oc- curred during the Bronze Age. We also discuss whether our archaeological research can support long-term use of c…
Landscape development at Lina myr fen, Eastern Gotland, 9000−2500 cal. yr BP
Using diatoms, pollen, and geochemistry, we explore human habitation around Lina myr, Gotland, in relation to shore displacement. Archeological evidence has shown that Lina myr was an important area for its prehistoric human inhabitants. We investigate if and when Lina myr was connected to the sea and could therefore have been part of an inland water system useful for transport. A chronology was based on 14 C AMS dating of terrestrial macrofossil…
Reconsidering Precolumbian Human Colonization in the Galápagos Islands, Republic of Ecuador
Fifty years ago, Heyerdahl and Skjølsvold (1956, 1990) collected material from five archaeological sites in the Galápagos Islands. They retained earthenwares of possible precolumbian origin and discarded ceramic, metal, and glass artifacts postdating the arrival of the Spanish in A.D. 1535. Consequently, they argued that each site was formed as the results of a series of discard events from unrelated short-term occupations extending from the prec…
Chronogeographic Variation in Initial East Polynesian Construction of Monumental Ceremonial Sites
In the orthodox model of change in East Polynesian material culture, the rise of monumental ceremonial sites is predicted as occurring earlier in the central archipelagos than at the margins. We have used existing and new radiocarbon dates from marae and ahu respectively to test this proposition in relation to the Society Islands and Easter Island (Rapa Nui). The data contradict the anticipated trend by showing that the initial phase of complex c…
Priešistorinė gyvensena Gotlande – diachroninė ir sinchroninė perspektyva
The prehistoric period of Gotland Island covers around 8000 years of human occupation. In this paper we will concentrate on the period from the initial colonization to the end of the Bronze Age, a period of c. 7000 years. The prehistory of the people, who populated the Island of Gotland during this time, is diversified and reflects a variety of activities and lifestyles, which are influenced and interact with different regions around the Baltic S…
Monumental Structures and the Spirit of Chiefly Actions
The aim of this article is to discuss changes observed in monumental architecture. As a point of departure we use our previous results and discussions on ceremonial temple structures (marae/ahu concept) in Polynesia. The visible variations of such structures recorded by archaeological research have generally been explained as temporal expressions. However, our research of marae/ahu structures suggests that this may not be the only or even chief e…
The story of the only (?) megalith grave on Gotland Island
In this paper, we discuss the easternmost material expression of the Funnel Beaker Culture – a megalith grave on the west coast of Gotland Island in the Baltic Sea. The people who built and used the megalith brought the Neolithic lifestyle to Gotland. The biography of this monument includes two excavations, of which we participated in the latest in 1984. Our osteological analysis confirms that some thirty individuals of both sexes and various age…
Monumental architecture in West Polynesia: Origins, chiefs and archaeological approaches
Samoan Archaeology—A Review of research history
Some aspects of prehistoric material culture of Samoa were described by Buck, Thompson and Freeman in 1920s‐60s, but archaeological work did not begin until 1957, initially by Jack Golson and Wal Ambrose. Work in American Samoa was conducted by Kikuchi in 1963 and continued by Emory and Sinoto in the mid 60's. Subsequent to the independence of Western Samoa, two archaeological programs under the leadership of Roger Green in the 1960s and Jesse Je…
The Excavation of Pulemelei Site 2002–2004
Pulemelei mound on Savai'i Island in Samoa is thought to be the largest freestanding stone structure in Polynesia. The mound and adjacent structures in the Letolo plantation have been the focus of archaeological investigation from 2002 to 2004. Initial survey work at the site in the 1960s and 1970s was used to investigate the prehistoric settlement pattern, but our recent investigations comprise the first large‐scale archaeological investigation …
Samoan Cultural Heritage Management and Further Perspectives
Cultural Heritage in Samoa“E mana'o i le vao, ae, fefe i le aitu” [We Want the Forest, Yet Fear the Spirits] is a Samoan proverb used by Malama Meleisea (1980:21) to describe the contradiction between the development and culture in Samoa. As chiefdom and family based society the oral traditions are very important and intimately tied to titles/genealogies and land. Archaeology dealing with the past material remains is a young science, which has ma…
Settlement patterns—Social and ritual space in prehistoric Samoa
This paper explores the extensive prehistoric settlement pattern at the Letolo plantation. Using the results of earlier research we use a correspondence analysis to investigate variation in the settlement pattern particularly differences between coastal and inland locations
A Radiocarbon Sequence for Samoan Prehistory and the Pulemelei Mound
In this paper we examine radiocarbon dates from Samoan archaeological sites using the fourfold division of Samoan prehistory established by Green (2002). The context of dating samples was assessed to recognize potentially “reliable” determinations in the Samoan 14C corpus. Radiocarbon dates associated with earth and stone structures were identified to one of four phases of construction/use to develop a chronology for the emergence and use of dome…
Early Settlement of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Extensive archaeological investigations on Rapa Nui were initiated by the Norwegian Expedition to the island in 1955 -1956. An evaluation of the evidence for early settlement and discussion of the origin of the initial population are presented. The earliest settlement activity on the island was subsequently found at Anakena cove during the Kon-Tiki Museum expedition in 1987. A reanalysis of the material remains and a new osteological analysis of …
Early Settlement of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Extensive archaeological investigations on Rapa Nui were initiated by the Norwegian Expedition to the island in 1955 -1956. An evaluation of the evidence for early settlement and discussion of the origin of the initial population are presented. The earliest settlement activity on the island was subsequently found at Anakena cove during the Kon-Tiki Museum expedition in 1987. A reanalysis of the material remains and a new osteological analysis of …
A Radiocarbon Sequence for Samoan Prehistory and the Pulemelei Mound
In this paper we examine radiocarbon dates from Samoan archaeological sites using the fourfold division of Samoan prehistory established by Green (2002). The context of dating samples was assessed to recognize potentially “reliable” determinations in the Samoan 14C corpus. Radiocarbon dates associated with earth and stone structures were identified to one of four phases of construction/use to develop a chronology for the emergence and use of dome…
The Excavation of Pulemelei Site 2002–2004
Pulemelei mound on Savai'i Island in Samoa is thought to be the largest freestanding stone structure in Polynesia. The mound and adjacent structures in the Letolo plantation have been the focus of archaeological investigation from 2002 to 2004. Initial survey work at the site in the 1960s and 1970s was used to investigate the prehistoric settlement pattern, but our recent investigations comprise the first large‐scale archaeological investigation …
Settlement patterns—Social and ritual space in prehistoric Samoa
This paper explores the extensive prehistoric settlement pattern at the Letolo plantation. Using the results of earlier research we use a correspondence analysis to investigate variation in the settlement pattern particularly differences between coastal and inland locations
Reconsidering Precolumbian Human Colonization in the Galápagos Islands, Republic of Ecuador
Fifty years ago, Heyerdahl and Skjølsvold (1956, 1990) collected material from five archaeological sites in the Galápagos Islands. They retained earthenwares of possible precolumbian origin and discarded ceramic, metal, and glass artifacts postdating the arrival of the Spanish in A.D. 1535. Consequently, they argued that each site was formed as the results of a series of discard events from unrelated short-term occupations extending from the prec…
The story of the only (?) megalith grave on Gotland Island
In this paper, we discuss the easternmost material expression of the Funnel Beaker Culture – a megalith grave on the west coast of Gotland Island in the Baltic Sea. The people who built and used the megalith brought the Neolithic lifestyle to Gotland. The biography of this monument includes two excavations, of which we participated in the latest in 1984. Our osteological analysis confirms that some thirty individuals of both sexes and various age…
Samoan Archaeology—A Review of research history
Some aspects of prehistoric material culture of Samoa were described by Buck, Thompson and Freeman in 1920s‐60s, but archaeological work did not begin until 1957, initially by Jack Golson and Wal Ambrose. Work in American Samoa was conducted by Kikuchi in 1963 and continued by Emory and Sinoto in the mid 60's. Subsequent to the independence of Western Samoa, two archaeological programs under the leadership of Roger Green in the 1960s and Jesse Je…
Stones in the South: Decoding Bronze Age Ritual Practices on Gotland
In this paper, we discuss the ritual practices and ritualization in the Bronze Age society on Got- land based on archaeological investigations of cairn milieus and stone ship contexts. We explore whether erected stones and demarcations on the south to south-west side of the Bronze Age cairns are the norm and whether this phenomenon oc- curred during the Bronze Age. We also discuss whether our archaeological research can support long-term use of c…
Landscape development at Lina myr fen, Eastern Gotland, 9000−2500 cal. yr BP
Using diatoms, pollen, and geochemistry, we explore human habitation around Lina myr, Gotland, in relation to shore displacement. Archeological evidence has shown that Lina myr was an important area for its prehistoric human inhabitants. We investigate if and when Lina myr was connected to the sea and could therefore have been part of an inland water system useful for transport. A chronology was based on 14 C AMS dating of terrestrial macrofossil…
Monumental Structures and the Spirit of Chiefly Actions
The aim of this article is to discuss changes observed in monumental architecture. As a point of departure we use our previous results and discussions on ceremonial temple structures (marae/ahu concept) in Polynesia. The visible variations of such structures recorded by archaeological research have generally been explained as temporal expressions. However, our research of marae/ahu structures suggests that this may not be the only or even chief e…
Early Settlement of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Extensive archaeological investigations on Rapa Nui were initiated by the Norwegian Expedition to the island in 1955 -1956. An evaluation of the evidence for early settlement and discussion of the origin of the initial population are presented. The earliest settlement activity on the island was subsequently found at Anakena cove during the Kon-Tiki Museum expedition in 1987. A reanalysis of the material remains and a new osteological analysis of …
Monumental architecture in West Polynesia: Origins, chiefs and archaeological approaches
Samoan Archaeology—A Review of research history
Some aspects of prehistoric material culture of Samoa were described by Buck, Thompson and Freeman in 1920s‐60s, but archaeological work did not begin until 1957, initially by Jack Golson and Wal Ambrose. Work in American Samoa was conducted by Kikuchi in 1963 and continued by Emory and Sinoto in the mid 60's. Subsequent to the independence of Western Samoa, two archaeological programs under the leadership of Roger Green in the 1960s and Jesse Je…
The Excavation of Pulemelei Site 2002–2004
Pulemelei mound on Savai'i Island in Samoa is thought to be the largest freestanding stone structure in Polynesia. The mound and adjacent structures in the Letolo plantation have been the focus of archaeological investigation from 2002 to 2004. Initial survey work at the site in the 1960s and 1970s was used to investigate the prehistoric settlement pattern, but our recent investigations comprise the first large‐scale archaeological investigation …
Samoan Cultural Heritage Management and Further Perspectives
Cultural Heritage in Samoa“E mana'o i le vao, ae, fefe i le aitu” [We Want the Forest, Yet Fear the Spirits] is a Samoan proverb used by Malama Meleisea (1980:21) to describe the contradiction between the development and culture in Samoa. As chiefdom and family based society the oral traditions are very important and intimately tied to titles/genealogies and land. Archaeology dealing with the past material remains is a young science, which has ma…
Settlement patterns—Social and ritual space in prehistoric Samoa
This paper explores the extensive prehistoric settlement pattern at the Letolo plantation. Using the results of earlier research we use a correspondence analysis to investigate variation in the settlement pattern particularly differences between coastal and inland locations
A Radiocarbon Sequence for Samoan Prehistory and the Pulemelei Mound
In this paper we examine radiocarbon dates from Samoan archaeological sites using the fourfold division of Samoan prehistory established by Green (2002). The context of dating samples was assessed to recognize potentially “reliable” determinations in the Samoan 14C corpus. Radiocarbon dates associated with earth and stone structures were identified to one of four phases of construction/use to develop a chronology for the emergence and use of dome…
The story of the only (?) megalith grave on Gotland Island
In this paper, we discuss the easternmost material expression of the Funnel Beaker Culture – a megalith grave on the west coast of Gotland Island in the Baltic Sea. The people who built and used the megalith brought the Neolithic lifestyle to Gotland. The biography of this monument includes two excavations, of which we participated in the latest in 1984. Our osteological analysis confirms that some thirty individuals of both sexes and various age…
Priešistorinė gyvensena Gotlande – diachroninė ir sinchroninė perspektyva
The prehistoric period of Gotland Island covers around 8000 years of human occupation. In this paper we will concentrate on the period from the initial colonization to the end of the Bronze Age, a period of c. 7000 years. The prehistory of the people, who populated the Island of Gotland during this time, is diversified and reflects a variety of activities and lifestyles, which are influenced and interact with different regions around the Baltic S…
Monumental Structures and the Spirit of Chiefly Actions
The aim of this article is to discuss changes observed in monumental architecture. As a point of departure we use our previous results and discussions on ceremonial temple structures (marae/ahu concept) in Polynesia. The visible variations of such structures recorded by archaeological research have generally been explained as temporal expressions. However, our research of marae/ahu structures suggests that this may not be the only or even chief e…
Chronogeographic Variation in Initial East Polynesian Construction of Monumental Ceremonial Sites
In the orthodox model of change in East Polynesian material culture, the rise of monumental ceremonial sites is predicted as occurring earlier in the central archipelagos than at the margins. We have used existing and new radiocarbon dates from marae and ahu respectively to test this proposition in relation to the Society Islands and Easter Island (Rapa Nui). The data contradict the anticipated trend by showing that the initial phase of complex c…
Reconsidering Precolumbian Human Colonization in the Galápagos Islands, Republic of Ecuador
Fifty years ago, Heyerdahl and Skjølsvold (1956, 1990) collected material from five archaeological sites in the Galápagos Islands. They retained earthenwares of possible precolumbian origin and discarded ceramic, metal, and glass artifacts postdating the arrival of the Spanish in A.D. 1535. Consequently, they argued that each site was formed as the results of a series of discard events from unrelated short-term occupations extending from the prec…
Landscape development at Lina myr fen, Eastern Gotland, 9000−2500 cal. yr BP
Using diatoms, pollen, and geochemistry, we explore human habitation around Lina myr, Gotland, in relation to shore displacement. Archeological evidence has shown that Lina myr was an important area for its prehistoric human inhabitants. We investigate if and when Lina myr was connected to the sea and could therefore have been part of an inland water system useful for transport. A chronology was based on 14 C AMS dating of terrestrial macrofossil…
Stones in the South: Decoding Bronze Age Ritual Practices on Gotland
In this paper, we discuss the ritual practices and ritualization in the Bronze Age society on Got- land based on archaeological investigations of cairn milieus and stone ship contexts. We explore whether erected stones and demarcations on the south to south-west side of the Bronze Age cairns are the norm and whether this phenomenon oc- curred during the Bronze Age. We also discuss whether our archaeological research can support long-term use of c…
From ritual spaces to monumental expressions: Rethinking East Polynesian ritual practices
As with the peopling of the Pacific Islands, the monumental ritual architecture of East Polynesia is presumed to have spread from West Polynesia. By re-examining the wealth of absolute dates available from ritual contexts across these diverse islands, the authors challenge this generalisation in Polynesian ideological materialisation, identifying three phases of development. They argue that initial west-to-east migration spread the concept of rit…
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