Post-Lapita ceramic change in Fiji

Clark, Geoffrey

doi:10.22459/ta31.12.2009.12

Cited by 6 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 27 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The individuals buried at Burial Ground 1 represent thus a population that can be considered to be derived from the earliest inhabitants of the area associated with the Sigatoka/Lapita phase [ 67 ]. Our results place the burials after the Fijian Plainware Navatu transition as defined by Best and Clark [ 57 , 68 , 70 ] and before the Navatu phase as defined by Burley and Edinborough (1,330–1,266 cal BP). Some overlap the period associated with the Fijian Plainware village occupation (1,433–1,298 cal BP) [ 73 ].…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 57%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Life histories in Fiji as reconstructed from first millennium CE Sigatoka Sand Dune burials using isotopes

Herrscher,

Valentin,

Zinger

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper aims to re-examine the dietary practices of individuals buried at Sigatoka Sand Dunes site (Fiji) in Burial Ground 1 excavated by Simon Best in 1987 and 1988 using two approaches and a reassessment of their archaeological, bioarchaeological and chronological frame. First, stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis was applied to document dietary changes between childhood and adulthood using an intra–individual approach on paired bone–tooth. Second, the potential adaptation of the individuals to their environment was evaluated through regional and temporal comparisons using inter–individual bone analysis. Ten AMS radiocarbon dates were measured directly on human bone collagen samples, placing the series in a range of approximately 600 years covering the middle of the first millennium CE (1,888 to 1,272 cal BP). δ13C and δ15N ratios were measured on bone and tooth collagen samples from 38 adult individuals. The results show that δ15N values from tooth are higher than those s from bone while bone and tooth δ13C values are similar, except for females. Fifteen individuals were included in an intra–individual analysis based on paired bone and tooth samples, which revealed six dietary patterns distinguished by a differential dietary intake of marine resources and resources at different trophic levels. These highlight sex–specific differences not related to mortuary practices but to daily life activities, supporting the hypothesis of a sexual division of labour. Compared to other Southwest Pacific series, Sigatoka diets show a specific trend towards marine food consumption that supports the hypothesis of a relative food self–sufficiency requiring no interactions with other groups.

show abstract

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 57%

“… Calibrated using using OxCal 4.4 software [ 82 ] and SHCal20 calibration curve [ 83 ] and hypothesised time of Fijian Plainware/Navatu transition according to Best [ 57 , 68 ] and Clark [ 70 ] in green and Burley [ 73 ] in red [see Cochrane [ 67 ] for a comparison of different ceramic chronologies). …”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Life histories in Fiji as reconstructed from first millennium CE Sigatoka Sand Dune burials using isotopes

Herrscher,

Valentin,

Zinger

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…If we begin with the premise that the Lapita people of Samoa were similar to modern West Pacific people and later became 'Polynesian' then migration is an obvious and simple resort to explain Polynesian genesis. Alternatively, if Polynesians most clearly represent the original Lapita population, as in the 'orthodox' model, then West Pacific populations, so the thinking goes, must have been affected by post-Lapita 'Melanesian' migration (Clark 2009).…”

Section: Geoffrey Clarkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intrusion, integration and innovation on small and not‐so‐small islands with particular reference to Samoa

Davidson¹

2012

Archaeology in Oceania

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Investigations on small Polynesian outliers have illustrated how difficult it can be to identify archaeological evidence of intrusion, or to interpret the effect of any intrusion on the resident populations. In Samoa, the still meagre amount of artefactual and faunal remains from archaeological excavations adds to these problems. A review of the known Samoan archaeological sequence finds little or no evidence of intrusion, apart from a probable post‐settlement introduction of pigs and dogs. This need not mean that Samoa was ever isolated from contacts with other islands.

show abstract

“…As this similarity is likely stylistic , (Dunnell, 1978), with the spatial and temporal distribution of forms explained by cultural transmission, it suggests extensive movement of ideas or people or both, at least at an intensity high enough to maintain this similarity in ceramic surface treatments . (see also Clark, 2000). Second, geochemical and petrographic analysis has documented the transfer of ceramics, which implies population interaction or movement over three millennia.…”

Section: Ceramic Chronologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Ancient Fiji

Cochrane¹

2017

Oxford Handbooks Online

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Like the other archipelagos of Remote Oceania, Fiji was colonized by Lapita voyagers approximately 1000 b.c. Over the subsequent three millennia, Fijian populations underwent considerable change, resulting in the unique cultural, biological, and linguistic characteristics that differentiate Fiji from populations in both Polynesia to the east and Melanesia to the west. This essay summarizes the Lapita archaeology of the archipelago and later culture history including change in ceramic horizons, the spatial scale of interaction within the archipelago, and potential migrations into Fiji from other island groups. The rise of Fijian chiefdoms is also examined with these polities closely linked to increasing competition, fortifications, and defendable agricultural resources. Finally, artifactual, linguistic, and biological data characterizing Fijian populations are examined, and it is concluded that the generalization of Fiji as “not quite Melanesian, not quite Polynesian” can best be explained within a cultural transmission framework that separates analogous and homologous similarity.

show abstract

Post-Lapita ceramic change in Fiji

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

Life histories in Fiji as reconstructed from first millennium CE Sigatoka Sand Dune burials using isotopes

Life histories in Fiji as reconstructed from first millennium CE Sigatoka Sand Dune burials using isotopes

Intrusion, integration and innovation on small and not‐so‐small islands with particular reference to Samoa

Ancient Fiji

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About