Voyaging and basalt exchange in the Phoenix and Line archipelagoes

The Viewpoint From Three Mystery Islands

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6038359
AutoresAnne Di Piazza (0000-0002-1149-2851, CNRS — CREDO, Université de Provence 3 Place Victor Hugo 13331 Marseilles France), Erik Pearthree (CNRS — CREDO, Université de Provence 3 Place Victor Hugo 13331 Marseilles France)
Ano2001
Volume36
Fascículo3
Páginas146-152
Data de publicação2001-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1834-4453.2001.tb00488.x
OpenAlexW2086160633
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas27
Referências citadas17

In this paper, we present evidence of long distance interaction through geochemical sourcing of basalt artifacts for some of the 'mystery islands' in the Phoenix and Line groups. We demonstrate that they were far from isolated, but in contact with Samoa, the Marquesas and perhaps the southern Cooks during the mid 12th to the mid 14th centuries. We also investigate how sailing strategies may have affected patterns of interaction through a review of other cases of inter‐archipelago contact based on WD‐XRF data. We conclude that the weather patterns around Tataga Matau in the western Pacific allow interaction from any direction at some point of the year, while in the eastern Pacific access to the quarry sources (Eiao, Pitcairn) is more restricted due to the less predictable westerlies

Archaeology · Archipelago · Basalt · Contact zone · Geochemistry · Geography · Line (geometry · Metropolitan area · Phoenix · Westerlies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology