Revised radiocarbon dates for Mwanihuki, Makira: a ca.3000 BP aceramic site in the southeast Solomon Islands
Blake, Natalie, Gibbs, Martin, and Roe, David (2015) Revised radiocarbon dates for Mwanihuki, Makira: a ca.3000 BP aceramic site in the southeast Solomon Islands. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 6 (2). pp. 56-64.
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Abstract
Excavation of three middens on Mwanihuki, located on the north coast of Makira in the southeast Solomon Islands has returned radiocarbon dates that show an initial occupation bracket between 3351 ± 42 BP and 2975 ± 21 BP (uncalibrated). The material culture of this phase consisted of a small amount of subsistence shell and worked chert, and an absence of any ceramics. This date range, along with the absence of the distinctive Lapita type dentate stamped pottery has aligned phasing of this site with the contemporaneous aceramic Vatuluma Posovi cave site in central Guadalcanal.
| Item ID: | 42150 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1179-4712 |
| Keywords: | Solomon Islands archaeology; Lapita; radiocarbon dating |
| Funders: | Australian Research Council (ARC), Carlyle Greenwell Research Fund, Dorothy Cameron Fellowship (2011, 2012) |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2016 00:59 |
| FoR Codes: | 21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 2101 Archaeology > 210106 Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl New Zealand) @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950599 Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
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