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Reconsideration of the Marquesan sequence in East Polynesian prehistory, with particular reference to Hane (MUH1)
Author(s) -
ANDERSON ATHOLL,
LEACH HELEN,
SMITH IAN,
WALTER RICHARD
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/arco.1994.29.1.29
Subject(s) - prehistory , archaeology , radiocarbon dating , pottery , sequence (biology) , ornaments , sequence stratigraphy , settlement (finance) , stratigraphy , geology , history , paleontology , style (visual arts) , tectonics , sedimentary depositional environment , genetics , structural basin , world wide web , computer science , payment , biology
Current views about the Marquesan sequence are reviewed through a reassessment of the archaeological evidence from Hane. Particular attention is given to the stratigraphy, radiocarbon dating, adzes, fishhooks, harpoons, ornaments, pottery and faunal remains. These data suggest that the lower levels at Hane represent a single relatively brief phase of occupation, probably about the middle of the first millenium A.D., during the initial settlement of the Marquesas by people who had not come directly from West Polynesia.