Long‐distance connections in Vanuatu

New obsidian characterisations for the Makué site, Aore Island

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6038395
AutoresJean‐christophe Galipaud (0000-0003-3546-5265, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), C Reepmeyer (0000-0002-3257-0898, Australian National University), Robin Torrence (0000-0001-8519-2395, Australian Museum), Sarah Kelloway (The University of Sydney), Sarah J Kelloway (The University of Sydney), Peter White (0000-0002-8177-140X, The University of Sydney)
Ano2014
Volume49
Fascículo2
Páginas110-116
Data de publicação2014-07-01
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/arco.5030
OpenAlexW2129364882
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas15

A geochemical study using pXRF and LA–ICP–MS to characterise artefacts from sites dating to the initial phase of colonisation on Aore and Malo islands, Vanuatu, has confirmed the dominance of obsidian from the distant Kutau/Bao source in West New Britain, with a smaller group from local outcrops in the Banks Islands, Vanuatu. Three flakes from the Umleang/Umrei source in the Admiralty Islands have also been identified in later levels. Distance fall‐off analysis of metric and technological attributes suggests that during the early phase of human colonisation of Remote Oceania, obsidian circulated within a series of separate, loosely connected social spheres

Archaeology · Colonisation · Colonization · Dominance (genetics · Geochemistry · Geography · Mineralogy · Outcrop · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Marine animal studies overview · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Geology