Evaluating the 'Lapita Smoke Screen' : site SGO015 of Goro, and early Austronesian settlement of the south-east coast of New Caledonia's Grande Terre
Creators
- 1. Departement Archeologie, New Caledonia Museum, Noumea, New Caledonia (France)
Description
Preliminary archaeological data from the east coast of the Grande Terrre of New Caledonia have been interpreted for some time as indicating an early prehistoric settlement of the southernmost Melanesian Archipelago by two cultural groups. Absence of Lapita sites on this coast, as well as very early dates published for the appearance of paddle-impressed pottery of the Podtanean tradition, led to the proposal of a pre-Lapita, non-Austronesian, 'Melanesian' settlement of southern Melanesia. This paper presents data on the first early Lapita site from Grande Terre's east coast, and discusses the implications of these new archaeological data for the definition of the characteristics of first human settlement in this region of Remote Oceania. (author). 59 refs., 6 figs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- New Zealand journal of archaeology
- Journal Volume
- 22
- Journal Page Range
- p. 91-111
- ISSN
- 0110-540X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- New Zealand
- Country of Input or Organization
- New Zealand
- INIS RN
- 33020469
- Subject category
- S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AGE ESTIMATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; ARCHAEOLOGY; HUMAN POPULATIONS; NEW CALEDONIA
- Descriptors DEC
- OCEANIA; POPULATIONS