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Dating the appearance of Lapita pottery in the Bismarck Archipelago and its dispersal to Remote Oceania

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ID6038472
AuthorsTim Denham (0000-0002-8164-2990, Monash University), Christopher B Ramsey (0000-0002-8641-9309, Oxford Archaeology), Jim Specht (0000-0001-8427-6650, Australian Museum)
Year2012
Volume47
Issue1
Pages39-46
Publication date2012-04-01
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.1834-4453.2012.tb00113.x
OpenAlexW1985285153
LanguageEN
Citations received46
References cited28

The Bayesian calibration program OxCal v.4.1.5 is applied to two chronological datasets for early Lapita derived from two comprehensive reviews. The two datasets are supplemented by published ages for early Lapita sites in two key island groups within Remote Oceania: Vanuatu and Fiji. The analyses provide statistically robust chronologies for the emergence of Lapita on Mussau at 3470–3250 cal BP and in the rest of the Bismarck Archipelago at 3360–3240 cal BP. After a period of 130–290 years, Lapita dispersed to Vanuatu by 3250–3100 cal BP and to Fiji by 3130–3010 cal BP

Archaeology · Archipelago · Biological dispersal · Geography · Pottery · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

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Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
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