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Starch residues on undecorated Lapita pottery from Anir, New Ireland
Author(s) -
Crowther Alison
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2005.tb00586.x
Subject(s) - colocasia esculenta , pottery , archaeology , starch , geography , botany , biology , food science
Starch granules and raphides were identified on the surfaces of undecorated Lapita pottery sherds from the Kamgot site, New Ireland, c. 3300 BP. The microbotanical remains provide direct evidence for on‐site plant‐processing. Preliminary identification of the residues based on their morphology suggests they are from the aroid, Colocasia esculenta (taro), but further analysis is required to confirm this identification.