A reanalysis of the Tikopia obsidians

Matthew Spriggs; Roger Bird; W. A.L. Ambrose

doi:10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00075.x

A reanalysis of the Tikopia obsidians

Matthew Spriggs^*
, Roger Bird
, W. A.L. Ambrose

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In 1982 an initial sourcing of 13 obsidians and volcanic glasses from Tikopia in the Solomon Islands suggested that four specimens came from Bismarcks sources, with Talasea in West New Britain being the most likely, and the rest came from the Banks Islands. Reanalysis now attributes ten pieces to Banks Islands sources and three to sources in the Admiralty Islands.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-38
Number of pages	8
Journal	Archaeology in Oceania
Volume	45
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00075.x
Publication status	Published - 2010

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