The chronology of Lapita ware in New Caledonia
- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Vol. 71 (273), 539-547
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00085318
Abstract
The Lapita ceramics that define the ‘Lapita’ cultural complex of the southwestern Pacific are named for the type-site of Lapita, on the south Melanesian island of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia). The island archipelago's early sites are central to shaping what Lapita is, and — if Lapita is not alone — to how it meshes with the other precocious ceramics made by voyagers of the western Pacific. Varied radiocarbon determinations need to be collated, and some stratigraphic complications resolved.Keywords
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