A network of designs: studying Early Lapita exchange networks in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea through Social Network Analysis
ABSTRACT The application of Social Network Analysis to the study of archaeological networks has become increasingly common around the world, with a proven track record of processing large, complex, spatial and temporal archaeological datasets. This study builds upon previous network‐based analyses o...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Archaeology in Oceania 2024-07, Vol.59 (2), p.314-332 |
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The application of Social Network Analysis to the study of archaeological networks has become increasingly common around the world, with a proven track record of processing large, complex, spatial and temporal archaeological datasets. This study builds upon previous network‐based analyses of interaction between communities of the Lapita Cultural Complex, with a specific focus on the Early Period (c.3300/3200–3100 calBP) in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Employing motif inventories from 13 Early Lapita Period assemblages, motif similarity and Centrality Analysis are undertaken, with the results compared to data from portable material culture, particularly obsidian and pottery, to further define the networks of interaction that linked communities during this period. We conclude that motif similarities and Centrality Analysis scores show good agreement with patterns of interactions established from the analysis of other types of portable material culture, which together support the existence of northern west to east and southern obsidian distribution networks, comprised of communities that employed unique types of interaction tailored towards their own cultural and societal circumstances and needs. Finally, we further conclude that these two networks may have arisen during the initial formation of the Lapita Cultural Complex, as populations established new social connections with other settler communities and incumbent populations across the region to survive in a new and foreign environment.
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L'analyse de réseau en archéologie est devenue courante à travers le monde, donnant les preuves de sa valeur dans le traitement de larges et complexes ensembles de données spatiales et chronologiques. Cette étude s'appuie sur les résultats d'analyses de réseau antérieures portant sur les interactions entre les communautés du complexe culturel de Lapita, avec un accent particulier sur la période initiale (c.3300/3200–3100 calBP) dans l'archipel de Bismarck, en Papouasie‐Nouvelle‐Guinée. Une analyse de centralité et de similarité des motifs de poterie est conduite à partir des inventaires de motifs de 13 assemblages de la période Lapita initiale, et les résultats sont comparés aux données tirées des analyses du mobilier lithique, en particulier d'obsidienne, et céramique afin de mieux définir les réseaux d'interaction entre communautés de cette période. Nous montrons que les similitudes de motifs et les résultats de l'analyse de centralité sont |
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ISSN: | 0728-4896 1834-4453 |
DOI: | 10.1002/arco.5322 |