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The age of Lapita settlement in Fiji
Author(s) -
Anderson Atholl,
Clark Geoffrey
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.1999.tb00424.x
Subject(s) - pottery , settlement (finance) , archaeology , radiocarbon dating , period (music) , geography , ancient history , history , art , world wide web , computer science , payment , aesthetics
Recent and earlier research in Fiji has documented the approximate period of settlement there during the Lapita era. Age estimates extended back to about 3200 BP. A survey of the radiocarbon ages from sites containing dentate‐stamped pottery, and especially from sites or levels where there are only Lapita wares, indicates that there is no convincing case for Lapita settlement earlier than about 2900 cal BP. In fact, the period of dentate‐stamped ceramics might have been quite brief and dated to about 2800–2700 cal BP.