The stone adze and obsidian assemblage from the Talasiu site, Kingdom of Tonga
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6038320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Reepmeyer (0000-0002-3257-0898, CABAH, College of Arts, Society and Education James Cook University, corresponding author), Redbird Ferguson (0000-0002-4021-9344, CABAH, College of Arts, Society and Education James Cook University), F Valentin (0000-0002-0575-7681, ArScAn‐Ethnologie Préhistorique CNRS), Geoffrey Clark (0000-0002-9055-655X, Archaeology and Natural History The Australian National University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/arco.5223 |
| OpenAlex | W3124198452 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
Typological and geochemical analyses of stone adzes and other stone tools have played a significant role in identifying directionality of colonisation movements in early migratory events in the Western Pacific. In later phases of Polynesian prehistory, stone adzes are important status goods which show substantial spatial and temporal variation. However, there is a debate when standardisation of form and manufacture appeared, whether it can be seen in earliest populations colonising the Pacific or whether it is a later development. We present in this paper a stone adze and obsidian tool assemblage from an early Ancestral Polynesian Society Talasiu site on Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga. The site shows a wide variety of adze types; however, if raw material origin is taken into account, emerging standardisation in adze form might be detected. We also show that Tongatapu was strongly connected in a network of interaction to islands to the North, particularly Samoa, suggesting that these islands had permanent populations
Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Colonisation · Colonization · Geography · Hunter-gatherer · Paleoanthropology · Prehistory · Stone Age · Stone tool · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Geology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |