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Spatial analysis of the Nenumbo (SE‐RF‐2) Lapita site, Solomon Islands
Author(s) -
Sheppard Peter J.,
Green Roger C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.1991.tb00272.x
Subject(s) - pottery , archaeology , geography , reef , spatial distribution , geology , remote sensing , oceanography
Data on the spatial distribution of features, pottery, lithic materials, fishbones and shellfish are used to examine spatial organization in the SE‐RF‐2 Lapita site (Reef Islands, Southeast Solomons). It is shown that the site is at most a small hamlet and consisted of a large rectilinear central structure with an adjacent cooking area. It is argued that the distribution of imports (pottery, chert, obsidian) with different transport costs cannot be explained in simple economic terms and that their movement was embedded in a set of important social relations.