TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-distance connections in Vanuatu
T2 - New obsidian characterisations for the Makué site, Aore Island
AU - Galipaud, Jean Christophe
AU - Reepmeyer, Christian
AU - Torrence, Robin
AU - Kelloway, Sarah
AU - White, Peter
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Bismarck Archipelago
KW - LA-ICP-MS
KW - Vanuatu
KW - obsidian
KW - pXRF
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84905123348&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/arco.5030
DO - 10.1002/arco.5030
M3 - Article
SN - 0728-4896
VL - 49
SP - 110
EP - 116
JO - Archaeology in Oceania
JF - Archaeology in Oceania
IS - 2
ER -