Subject
Lapita Culture, Teouma Lapita Site, Carinated Vessel, Bird Decorations, Human Bones, Cemetery, Burial Ritual, Grave Goods, Island Southeast Asia, Neolithic Contexts, Pacific Archaeology, Pottery, Ancestral Practices, Cultural Origins, Pacific Regions

Domains
Archéologie, Sciences Sociales, Sciences humaines

Description

This paper describes a decorated carinated vessel excavated at the Teouma Lapita site, on the south coast of Efate, central Vanuatu. The vessel contained human bones and, following reconstruction, was found to have had four modelled birds on its rim. The incidence and dating of other burial pot assemblages is examined to place the find in a wider context within the Island Pacific.

Keywords
Lapita, Teouma, modelled clay birds, pot burials

Language
English (en-GB)

Creators
Bedford Stuart, Spriggs Matthew

Contributors

Sources
Archaeology in Oceania 42(1):12-21

Relation
https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1834-4453.2007.tb00010.x

Coverage
Island Southeast Asia, Teouma Site

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