The Atiahara site revisited: An early coastal settlement in Tubuai (Austral Islands, French Polynesia)

Hermann, Aymeric; Bollt, Robert; Conte, E.

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“…Raivavae lacks 14 C dated stratified archaeological sites, but the close proximity to Tubuai and Rapa (Fig. 1), where the earliest 14 C dates fall at 1215–1350 CE ( SI Appendix , Table S2), as well as the shared oral traditions and material culture, suggests a similar colonization time (30, 31). The earliest archaeological sites on Ahuahu provide ages comparable to the earliest ICP sites identified on mainland New Zealand at 1280–1350 CE ( SI Appendix , Table S3) (17, 32).…”

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Early tropical crop production in marginal subtropical and temperate Polynesia

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Anderson

Augustinus

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Polynesians introduced the tropical crop taro (Colocasia esculenta) to temperate New Zealand after 1280 CE, but evidence for its cultivation is limited. This contrasts with the abundant evidence for big game hunting, raising longstanding questions of the initial economic and ecological importance of crop production. Here we compare fossil data from wetland sedimentary deposits indicative of taro and leaf vegetable (including Sonchus and Rorippa spp.) cultivation from Ahuahu, a northern New Zealand offshore island, with Raivavae and Rapa, both subtropical islands in French Polynesia. Preservation of taro pollen on all islands between 1300 CE and 1550 CE indicates perennial cultivation over multiple growing seasons, as plants rarely flower when frequently harvested. The pollen cooccurs with previously undetected fossil remains of extinct trees, as well as many weeds and commensal invertebrates common to tropical Polynesian gardens. Sedimentary charcoal and charred plant remains show that fire use rapidly reduced forest cover, particularly on Ahuahu. Fires were less frequent by 1500 CE on all islands as forest cover diminished, and short-lived plants increased, indicating higher-intensity production. The northern offshore islands of New Zealand were likely preferred sites for early gardens where taro production was briefly attempted, before being supplanted by sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), a more temperate climate-adapted crop, which was later established in large-scale cultivation systems on the mainland after 1500 CE.

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Early tropical crop production in marginal subtropical and temperate Polynesia

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Anderson

Augustinus

et al. 2019

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…As a first step, each rock material was assigned a specific geological feature using a set of different geochemical analyses (Hermann et al 2012;2016). I used these results, combined with macroscopic identification of each artefacts, to track the spatial distribution of production processes ("chaînes opératoires") within two sites dating from the early 13 th to the late 15 th century AD and considered as part of the same "technical transect" (Coupaye 2015) on the northern coast of Tupua'i island (Austral archipelago, French Polynesia).…”

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“…I used these results, combined with macroscopic identification of each artefacts, to track the spatial distribution of production processes ("chaînes opératoires") within two sites dating from the early 13 th to the late 15 th century AD and considered as part of the same "technical transect" (Coupaye 2015) on the northern coast of Tupua'i island (Austral archipelago, French Polynesia). Both sites were discovered within the main pre-Contact district of the island, named Toerauetoru (Aitken 1930: 31-32): the Tanataetea site consists of a quarry and several workshops where basanite prisms have been quarried and transformed in great quantity, and the Atiahara site is a domestic occupation involving small thatched houses known from the ethnographical period as 'arepota'ata (Hermann et al 2016).…”

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“…L'horizon charbonneux d'où provient cet échantillon marque l'effondrement d'une partie de la voûte de la carrière, et indique que l'amas s'est constitué sur un temps long, c'est-à-dire sur au moins un siècle. D'autre part, le site d'Atiahara est constitué de trois niveaux archéologiques datés entre 1215 et 1390 AD (Hermann et al 2016). Les dates obtenues révèlent une succession ininterrompue d'occupations domestiques, avec les intervalles suivantes: 1260-1330 AD pour le niveau 6, 1300-1365 AD pour le niveau 5, et 1345-1395 AD pour le niveau 3 ( Figure 4).…”

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“…Ces structures de plan oblong sont connues pour la période ethnographique sous le terme 'arepota'ata (ou fare pote'e aux îles de la Société). En comparaison avec les données acquises au travers des sources ethnohistoriques (Morrison 1935), les dimensions de ces habitats sont relativement modestes, ce qui laisse penser que les individus qui y résidaient ne disposaient pas d'un statut social important (Hermann et al 2016).…”

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Marquesan ceramics, palaeotsunami, and megalithic architecture: Ho‘oumi Beach site (NHo‐3) in regional perspective

Allen

McAlister

Petchey

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Archaeology in Oceania

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The iconic Ho'oumi Beach site Nuku Hiva Island (Marquesas), was excavated by Robert Suggs in the late 1950s. It figured importantly in his island-wide reconstruction of settlement patterns, socio-political organisation, material culture and subsistence change -a cultural historical framework that has guided Marquesan archaeology for six decades. Ho'oumi is also one of four Marquesan localities where prehistoric ceramics have been found. We revisited Ho'oumi to acquire chronological and palaeoenvironmental context for two cultural occupations reported by Suggs. Eight 14 C determinations on short-lived materials and new marine reservoir corrections are reported, and the overall series evaluated using Bayesian modelling. A single ceramic sherd, previously assigned to a Fijian source, is attributed to the thirteenth to fourteenth centuries AD -a period when Marquesans engaged in long-distance voyaging. A significant marine inundation disrupted the associated occupation, leading to sustained coastal abandonment. Stratigraphic and historical evidence suggests this was a palaeotsunami, which may also be represented at Hane (Ua Huka Island). House pavements of the early occupation were replaced by raised megalithic house foundations, probably around the late seventeenth to mid-eighteenth centuries AD, but material culture changes were modest. By late prehistory, mature native forest was largely replaced by secondary species and Polynesian introductions.

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The Atiahara site revisited: An early coastal settlement in Tubuai (Austral Islands, French Polynesia)

Cited by 10 publications

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Early tropical crop production in marginal subtropical and temperate Polynesia

Early tropical crop production in marginal subtropical and temperate Polynesia

Production des lames d'herminette dans l'île de Tupua'i (Archipel des Australes, Polynésie française): Spécialisation artisanale et évolution des chefferies en Polynésie centrale

Marquesan ceramics, palaeotsunami, and megalithic architecture: Ho‘oumi Beach site (NHo‐3) in regional perspective

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