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Intra‐island source variability on Tutuila, American Samoa and prehistoric basalt adze exchange in Western Polynesia‐Island Melanesia
Author(s) -
WINTERHOFF E. QUENT,
WOZNIAK JOAN A.,
AYRES WILLIAM S.,
LASH ERIK
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2007.tb00017.x
Subject(s) - prehistory , basalt , american samoa , archaeology , geology , samoan , oceanography , geography , geochemistry , cartography , linguistics , philosophy
We report recent X‐ray Fluorescence analysis of samples from neighboring basalt adze production locales situated in western Tutuila, American Samoa. These data allow for the successful reassignment of source locations to locally and regionally transferred adzes with greater precision, and highlights the relevance of intra‐island source analysis when addressing inter‐archipelagic exchange models.