An upland agricultural residence on Rapa Nui

Occupation of a hare oka (18–473G) in the Vaitea Region

Bibliographic Data

ID6038119
AuthorsChristopher M Stevenson (0000-0002-3575-2363, corresponding author), T N Ladefoged (0000-0002-6950-9898, University of Auckland), Sonia Haoa
Year2007
Volume42
Issue2
Pages72-78
Publication date2007-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1834-4453.2007.tb00018.x
OpenAlexW2161462605
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited4

Beginning in the early 14th century, Rapanui agriculturalists established remote field systems in the upland regions of Easter Island. The excavation of a hare oka, or circular house, reveals that many of the fields were tended by task‐groups of two or three persons living in small dwellings. The use of the house over four centuries was followed by abandonment in the late 17th or early 18th century. These dates correlate with the chronology established by earlier excavations in the uplands and argue for a broad regional withdrawal near, or at the time of, chiefdom collapse

Abandonment (legal · Ancient history · Archaeology · Chiefdom · Chronology · Excavation · Geography · Residence · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · History · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

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