Sujet
Archaeology -- Vanuatu , Archaeology -- Pacific Islands, Teouma Site (Vanuatu), Lapita culture, Human migration, Remote Oceania -- Colonization, Cemetery excavation -- Pacific Islands, Skeletal remains -- Pacific Islands, Ancient DNA analysis -- Pacific Islands, Pacific Islands -- Early settlers, Diet and nutrition -- Pacific Islands

Domaines
Archéologie, Histoire, Sciences Sociales, Sciences humaines

Description

The Teouma site, on Efate in central Vanuatu, was uncovered during quarrying in 2003 and has proved to be one of the most significant discoveries to date for the colonisation of Remote Oceania. Not only did it bring to light a fine assemblage of the famously diagnostic Lapita ceramics, but a cemetery of more than 25 individuals along with the pots. The skeletons offer an opportunity to investigate the origins of the ‘Lapita people’ who first appeared in the Bismarck Archipelago around 3300 years ago and rapidly moved through island Melanesia and Western Polynesia over the next few centuries.

Mots-clés
Lapita, Teouma, cemetery, population origins and movement, Vanuatu, Pacific

Langue
English (en-GB)

Auteurs
Bedford Stuart, Spriggs Matthew, Regenvanu Ralph

Contributeurs

Sources
Antiquity 80:812-828

Relation
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00094448

Couverture
Pacific Islands, Vanuatu, Teouma Site

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