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Te Bakoa site. Two old earth ovens from Nikunau Island (Republic of Kiribati)
Author(s) -
Piazza Anne Di
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.tb00425.x
Subject(s) - archaeology , geography , reef , excavation , geology , oceanography
Excavations conducted on two earth ovens from the raised reef island of Nikunau provided the oldest known dates for Kiribati. The dated material was pandanus keys indicating presence of this plant on the island at 2000 BP.