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A reanalysis of the Tikopia obsidians
Author(s) -
SPRIGGS MATTHEW,
BIRD ROGER,
AMBROSE WAL
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00075.x
Subject(s) - volcano , archaeology , geology , geography , paleontology
In 1982 an initial sourcing of 13 obsidians and volcanic glasses from Tikopia in the Solomon Islands suggested that four specimens came from Bismarcks sources, with Talasea in West New Britain being the most likely, and the rest came from the Banks Islands. Reanalysis now attributes ten pieces to Banks Islands sources and three to sources in the Admiralty Islands.