Interaction and Isolation in New Georgia
Insights from the Nabo Point ceramic assemblage, Tetepare
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6038501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Todne Thomas (0000-0001-8159-2682, University of Otago), Amy Mcstay (University of Otago), Peter Sheppard (0000-0001-6624-7856, University of Auckland), Glenn Summerhayes (0000-0002-0654-1305, University of Otago) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-64 |
| 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.5221 |
| OpenAlex | W3095710814 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
This paper describes a ceramic assemblage from a Post‐Lapita site on Tetepare, a geologically distinct island on the periphery of the New Georgia group, Solomon Islands. Previous studies of ceramic assemblages in the region have found evidence of exotic sherds and patterns of pottery transfer indicating population mobility during a colonisation phase establishment of new communities in coastal lagoon settings. Here, a geochemical and petrographic comparison of the Tetepare assemblage to samples from similarly‐aged sites in nearby Roviana Lagoon and Kolombangara establishes a pattern of predominantly local production, with equivocal support for exotic transfers. This leads us to refine a model of increasing environmental knowledge, access and social connectivity, during the early phase dispersal of ceramic technologies into the region. We argue that our results clearly discriminate the Tetepare sherds from other assemblages and connect this observation to inferences about the variable character of regional interaction patterns. In addition, the environmental setting of the Tetepare site supplies further context for assessing the role of post‐depositional taphonomic processes and sea‐level change in structuring the visibility of intertidal pottery assemblages in the region
Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Biological dispersal · Context (archaeology · Geography · Petrography · Population · Pottery · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Ecology · Geology · Paleontology
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